Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced zhei
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zhei, including 这 zhè / zhèi. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
zhei begins with the tongue curled up and back for zh; let it slide straight into ei and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial zh
Put the tongue slightly curled back. Do not pronounce it like English “j”.
Final ei
Settle the final ei into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Only one common character is read zhei (这 zhè / zhèi) — focus on locking in its tone.
Learn by Tone
zhei turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 这 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing zhei inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
1 common character in this group.