This English version was translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The Chinese text is authoritative.
Some common Chinese characters have standard pronunciations marked in the Xinhua Dictionary. If you do not read them according to these standard pronunciations, you are reading them wrongly and may become a laughingstock. Here we have compiled 100 easily mispronounced characters for your reference.
The character in parentheses is a homophone giving the correct pronunciation.
恬(甜)静；包庇(毕；)酗(序)酒；造诣(义)；揠(亚)苗；粗犷(广)
木屑(谢)；绚(炫)丽；谄(产)媚；棘(集)手；机械(泻)；砧(真)板
谒(页)见；舐(是)犊；拯(整)救；箴(珍)言；翌(艺)日；哺(补)育
恪(客)守；赏赐(次)；书笺(肩)；贮(注)存；修葺(泣)；纨絝(裤)
阐(产)述；迁徙(喜)；瑰(归)宝；澎湃(派)；同胞(包)；簇(醋)拥
麻痹(毕)；濒(宾)临；玷(电)污；罹(梨)难；嗾(叟)使；鞭笞(吃)
饿殍(瞟)；逮捕(补)；粗糙(操)；拂(服)晓；嗔(抻)怒；炽(赤)热
歼(肩)灭；发酵(叫)；狙(拘)击；憧(充)憬；糟粕(破)；掮(前)客
干涸(河)；畸(基)形；咆(袍)哮；手帕(怕)；翩跹(仙)；蓦(漠)然
脍(快)炙；褴褛(旅)；抚恤(序)；愤懑(闷)；龋(取)齿；桎梏(固)
按捺(纳)；回溯(诉)；鞭挞(蹋)；塑(诉)料；狡黠(匣)；瞠(撑)目
媲(屁)美；讣(副)告；斡(沃)旋；联袂(妹)；赈(镇)济；汲(鸡)取
浸(进)透；刚愎(闭)；窠(科)臼；潸(山)然；妊娠(身)；阴霾(埋)
惴(坠)惴；栉(至)风；膏肓(荒)；百舸(ge, third tone)；淙(丛)淙；针砭(匾)
咳嗽(sou, fourth tone)；莅(粒)临；取缔(第)；证券(劝)；喟(溃)然
嫩(nen, fourth tone)叶；混淆(xiao, second tone)；谬(miu, fourth tone)论；湍(tuan, first tone)急
冗(rong, third tone)长；吸吮(shun, third tone)；高耸(song, third tone)；怂(song, third tone)恿
怙(户)恶不悛(quan, first tone)；酝酿(niang, fourth tone)；铿(坑)锵(枪)；
悚(song, third tone)然；唾(tuo, fourth tone)弃；恫吓(贺)；要挟(邪)；呜咽(业)；
拓(榻)片；禅(善)让；呆(癌)板；凹(ao, first tone)陷；叨(涛)扰；提(低)防；
堆(dui, first tone)积；咯(卡)血；龟(君)裂；屏(丙)息；侧(摘)歪；亲(庆)家；
参(cen, first tone)差(ci, first tone)不齐；数(朔)见不鲜；自怨自艾(义)；否(匹)极泰来；
审时度(夺)势；心宽体胖(盘)；一曝(铺)十寒；一叶扁(篇)舟；
大腹便便(pian pian, second tone)；瓜熟蒂(第)落
