Easy Pinyin shows you a Chinese word in pinyin and characters. You say it out loud, speech recognition checks each syllable, and you get a clear explanation of every consonant, vowel and tone, with native audio.
Say the word into your mic. Each syllable is checked and marked correct, tone to review or wrong.
Tips written for English speakers: how to say q, x, zh, ü and the four tones.
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Pinyin is the official system for writing Mandarin Chinese sounds with the Latin alphabet. Each syllable has an initial, a final and a tone, like mā, má, mǎ, mà.
Four tones plus a light neutral tone. The same syllable with a different tone is a different word, so tones matter as much as sounds.
Yes. Tap “No mic? See the correction” to hear the model, read the explanations and rate yourself.
Speech recognition works best in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, on computer and Android.