Pinyin chart · zhui
How to say zhui
zhui in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
zhui
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.
uei: Written ui after a consonant (gui, dui): a short e is said between the u and the i, so dui sounds close to “dway”.
Its tones
zhuī 追 to chase · zhuì 坠 to fall. zhuí and zhuǐ aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- uei is written ui after a consonant.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix zhui up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with zhui
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.