Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced fou

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced fou, including 否 fǒu / pǐ. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

Build fou by sliding from f straight into ou; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.

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

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

Only one common character is read fou (否 fǒu / pǐ) — focus on locking in its tone.

fou 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 3rd tone here: 否 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

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

1 common character in this group.