Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced rou
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced rou, including 肉 ròu, 柔 róu. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
rou begins with the tongue curled up and back for r; let it slide straight into ou and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial r
Mandarin r is softer than English r and starts with a curled tongue.
Final ou
Settle the final ou into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (肉 ròu, 柔 róu) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound rou, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
rou 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: 柔 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 肉 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing rou inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.