Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced zui

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zui, including 最 zuì, 罪 zuì, 嘴 zuǐ, 醉 zuì. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

For zui, start with the flat z and let it flow into ui, holding the tone over the joined syllable.

Initial z

Use a flat tongue. It is not English “z”.

Final ui

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

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (最 zuì, 罪 zuì, 嘴 zuǐ, 醉 zuì) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound zui, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

zui turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

3rd tone

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

嘴zuǐmouth

4th tone

Taking the 4th tone here: 最, 罪, 醉 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

最zuì(the) most; -est 罪zuìguilt; crime; fault; blame; sin 醉zuìintoxicated

Common Words With This Sound

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

最后zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally 最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...最近zuì jìnrecently; soon; nearest 罪犯zuì fàncriminal 犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense 罪恶zuì ècrime; evil; sin 嘴巴zuǐ bamouth (; slap in the face 嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip 插嘴chā zuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation 麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate

Characters

4 common characters in this group.

Character#1 最 zuì(the) most; -estTraditional: 冣 Character#2 罪 zuìguilt; crime; fault; blame; sinTraditional: 罪 Character#3 嘴 zuǐmouthTraditional: 嘴 Character#4 醉 zuìintoxicatedTraditional: 醉