Pinyin chart · shun
How to say shun
shun in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
shun
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How to say it
sh: Like English sh, with the tongue tip curled back a little further.
uen: Written un after a consonant (lun, dun): a short e is said between the u and the n.
Its tones
shǔn 吮 to suck · shùn 顺 in the same direction as. shūn and shún 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 shun up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with shun
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.