How to say shuai

shuai in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

shuai

Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.

Voice

How to say it

sh: Like English sh, with the tongue tip curled back a little further.

Its tones

shuāi 摔 to fall · shuǎi 甩 to swing · shuài 帅 handsome. shuái isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Words with shuai

帅shuàihandsome
摔shuāito fall
衰老shuāilǎoto age
率领shuàilǐngto lead
率先shuàixiānto take the lead
甩shuǎi(coll.) to dump (a partner)
表率biǎoshuàiexample
草率cǎoshuàicareless
衰减shuāijiǎnto weaken
摔跤shuāijiāowrestling
衰竭shuāijiéorgan failure (as in 心力衰竭)
衰落shuāiluò(radio) fading

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.