How to say wan

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

wan

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Voice

How to say it

No initial: No consonant: the syllable starts with its vowel. The y or w in front is spelling only and adds no sound of its own.

Its tones

wān 弯 bent · wán 玩 to play · wǎn 晚 evening · wàn 万 ten thousand. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Spelling

Said alone, uan is written wan: a final that begins with i, u or ü takes y or w in front.

Sounds near it

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

wang

Words with wan

玩wánto play
晚wǎnlate
好玩hǎowánfun
晚饭wǎnfàndinner
晚上wǎnshangevening
好玩儿hǎowánrfun
完wán(used after a verb) to have done
万wànten thousand
碗wǎnbowl
完成wánchéngto complete
晚点wándiǎnlate
晚会wǎnhuìevening party

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.