Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced shuo
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced shuo, including 说 shuō, 硕 shuò. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
shuo begins with the tongue curled up and back for sh; let it slide straight into uo and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial sh
Curl the tongue back for sh. English speakers often make it too flat.
Final uo
Settle the final uo into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (说 shuō, 硕 shuò) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound shuo, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
shuo turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 说 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 硕 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing shuo inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.