Pinyin chart · shuo
How to say shuo
shuo in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
shuo
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Voice
How to say it
sh: Like English sh, with the tongue tip curled back a little further.
uo: uo is a quick “w” glide into the o of “law”: close to “waw”.
Its tones
shuō 说 to speak · shuò 硕 large. shuó and shuǒ aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix shuo up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with shuo
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.