Pinyin chart · zen
How to say zen
zen in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
zen
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Voice
How to say it
z: Like the ds in “beds”, with no puff of air.
en: en is the “uh” of e followed by n; eng ends in the ng of “sing” instead.
Its tones
zěn 怎 how. zēn and zén and zèn aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix zen up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with zen
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.