Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced ruan
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced ruan, including 软 ruǎn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
ruan begins with the tongue curled up and back for r; let it slide straight into uan 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 uan
Settle the final uan into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Only one common character is read ruan (软 ruǎn) — focus on locking in its tone.
Learn by Tone
ruan turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 软 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing ruan inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
1 common character in this group.