Pinyin chart · xun
How to say xun
xun in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
xun
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
x: Between s and sh: the tongue tip rests behind the lower teeth and the lips stay spread, like a soft “sh”.
uen: Written un after a consonant (lun, dun): a short e is said between the u and the n.
Its tones
xūn 熏 to smoke · xún 寻 to look for · xùn 讯 news. xǔn isn’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 xun up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with xun
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.