Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced che
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced che, including 车 chē / jū, 彻 chè, 撤 chè, 扯 chě. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say che, set the tongue tip back for the retroflex ch, then run into e without a pause — one Mandarin block, with the tone laid over it.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final e
Settle the final e into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (车 chē / jū, 彻 chè, 撤 chè, 扯 chě) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound che, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
che turns up here with 3 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 车 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 扯 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 彻, 撤 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing che inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
4 common characters in this group.