Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced nen

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced nen, including 嫩 nèn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

nen joins the initial n to the final en 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 n, then run straight into the final en — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Keep the ending light and nasal.

Only one common character is read nen (嫩 nèn) — focus on locking in its tone.

nen 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: 嫩 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

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

1 common character in this group.