Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced she

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced she, including 社 shè, 设 shè, 射 shè, 折 zhé / shé, 涉 shè. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

For she, curl the tongue back on sh and join it smoothly to e; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.

Initial sh

Curl the tongue back for sh. English speakers often make it too flat.

Final e

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

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (社 shè, 设 shè, 射 shè, 折 zhé / shé, 涉 shè) and lock in their tones. 9 common characters share the sound she, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

she turns up here with 3 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: 折, 蛇, 舌 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

折zhé / shébroken (as of rope; stick); tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn 蛇shésnake; serpent 舌shétongue

3rd tone

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

舍shě / shègive up; abandon; residence

4th tone

Taking the 4th tone here: 社, 设, 射… (5 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

社shèsociety; group 设shèto set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display 射shèradio- (chem.); shoot 涉shèinvolve; concern; wade; to experience 摄shèassist; collect; absorb

Common Words With This Sound

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

社会shè huìsociety 旅行社lǚ xíng shètravel agency 社区shè qūcommunity; neighborhood 设计shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan 设备shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations 建设jiàn shèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop 发射fā shèto shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle)注射zhù shèinjection; to inject 射击shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)打折dǎ zhéto give a discount

Characters

9 common characters in this group.

Character#1 社 shèsociety; groupTraditional: 社 Character#2 设 shèto set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to displayTraditional: 設 Character#3 射 shèradio- (chem.); shootTraditional: 䠶 Character#4 折 zhé / shébroken (as of rope; stick); tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turnTraditional: 折 Character#5 涉 shèinvolve; concern; wade; to experienceTraditional: 涉 Character#6 舍 shě / shègive up; abandon; residenceTraditional: 捨 Character#7 摄 shèassist; collect; absorbTraditional: 攝 Character#8 蛇 shésnake; serpentTraditional: 蛇 Character#9 舌 shétongueTraditional: 舌