Pinyin chart · sun
How to say sun
sun in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
sun
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
Voice
How to say it
s: As in English “s”.
uen: Written un after a consonant (lun, dun): a short e is said between the u and the n.
Its tones
sūn 孙 grandchild · sǔn 损 to damage. sún and sùn 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 sun up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with sun
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.