Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced cou

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced cou, including 凑 còu. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

cou keeps the tongue flat behind the teeth for c (not curled), then glides into ou; say it in one beat and ride the tone through.

Flat tongue with strong aspiration.

Settle the final ou into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read cou (凑 còu) — focus on locking in its tone.

cou turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

Taking the 4th tone here: 凑 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Seeing cou inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

1 common character in this group.