How to say zhei

zhei in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

zhei

Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.

Voice

How to say it

zh: The tongue tip curls up behind the ridge above the top teeth: like the j in “jug” said with the tongue further back, with no puff of air.

ei: ei is close to the “ay” of “day”.

Its tones

zhèi 这 this. zhēi and zhéi and zhěi aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

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

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.