How to say ruan

ruan in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

ruan

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Voice

How to say it

r: The tongue curls back as for sh, but the voice is on: between the s in “pleasure” and the r in “run”.

Its tones

ruǎn 软 soft. ruān and ruán and ruàn aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

Learners often mix ruan up with these. Listen to them one after the other.

shuan
luan

Words with ruan

软ruǎnsoft
软件ruǎnjiànsoftware
柔软róuruǎnsoft
软弱ruǎnruòweak
软实力ruǎnshílìsoft power

The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.