Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced suan
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced suan, including 算 suàn, 酸 suān. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say suan, use a flat-tongue s, slide into uan, and lay the tone on top — it is one sound, not the letters read separately.
Initial s
Keep the tongue flat and the sound clean.
Final uan
Settle the final uan into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (算 suàn, 酸 suān) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound suan, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
suan 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: 酸 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 算 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing suan inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.