Pinyin chart · rui
How to say rui
rui in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
rui
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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”.
uei: Written ui after a consonant (gui, dui): a short e is said between the u and the i, so dui sounds close to “dway”.
Its tones
ruǐ 蕊 stamen · ruì 瑞 auspicious. ruī and ruí aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- uei is written ui after a consonant.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix rui up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with rui
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.