Pinyin chart · zhi
How to say zhi
zhi in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
zhi
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
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.
The i: The i in zhi is not “ee”. Keep the tongue curled back from the zh and let the voice carry on, a soft “rr” buzz.
Its tones
zhī 支 to support · zhí 直 straight · zhǐ 指 finger · zhì 至 to. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix zhi up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with zhi
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.