Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced fo

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced fo, including 佛 fó / fú. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

fo joins the initial f to the final o in one motion — say it as a single Mandarin beat with the tone over it, not as English letters in a row.

Start the syllable on the initial f, then run straight into the final o — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

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

Only one common character is read fo (佛 fó / fú) — focus on locking in its tone.

fo 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 2nd tone here: 佛 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

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

1 common character in this group.