Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced chui
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced chui, including 吹 chuī, 垂 chuí, 椎 chuí / zhuī. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For chui, curl the tongue back on ch and join it smoothly to ui; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final ui
Settle the final ui into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (吹 chuī, 垂 chuí, 椎 chuí / zhuī) and lock in their tones. 3 common characters share the sound chui, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
chui turns up here with 2 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: 吹 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 垂, 椎 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing chui inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
3 common characters in this group.