Pinyin chart · run
How to say run
run in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
run
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
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”.
uen: Written un after a consonant (lun, dun): a short e is said between the u and the n.
Its tones
rùn 润 moist. rūn and rún and rǔn aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- uen is written un after a consonant.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix run up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with run
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.