Pinyin chart · sui

How to say sui

sui in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

sui

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Voice

How to say it

s: As in English “s”.

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

suī 虽 although · suí 随 to follow · suǐ 髓 marrow · suì 岁 years old. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Spelling

  • uei is written ui after a consonant.

Sounds near it

Learners often mix sui up with these. Listen to them one after the other.

Words with sui

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.