How to say zhua

zhua in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

zhua

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.

Its tones

zhuā 抓 to grab · zhuǎ 爪 claw. zhuá and zhuà aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Words with zhua

抓zhuāto grab
抓紧zhuājǐnto hurry
爪子zhuǎziclaw

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.