Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced huai
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced huai, including 怀 huái, 坏 huài, 淮 huái. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For huai, start on h and let it run into uai without pausing; keep the mouth moving and hold the tone to the end.
Initial h
Start the syllable on the initial h, then run straight into the final uai — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final uai
Settle the final uai into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (怀 huái, 坏 huài, 淮 huái) and lock in their tones. 3 common characters share the sound huai, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
huai turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 怀, 淮 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 坏 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing huai inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
3 common characters in this group.