<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3TXAS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3TXAS.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TvGOI.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TvGOI.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>. Note the &quot;ui&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vxGl8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vxGl8.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>&quot; produce the sound of &quot;W&quot;. You can listen the pronunciation <a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E8%B0%81" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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2022-11-10T23:03:00.477Z
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r13
<p>In Mandarin, it's acceptable for 谁 to be pronounced either &quot;Shéi&quot; and &quot;Shuí&quot;; I think you're hearing the second pronunciation here.</p>
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2022-11-10T21:32:02.150Z
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Becky 李蓓
<p>It’s good to catch it. In many northern areas normally people say “ni shu shei li?”. (你说谁哩？）(not the so called standard Chinese HanYv pronunciation). but in the school students would read “shu-ei shi ni de baba?”. (谁是你的爸爸？” It is actually a combination of “shu “ (书）and “ei “（诶）。</p>

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2022-11-14T16:32:57.517Z
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PdotWang
<p>shui is more formal. shei is more conversational.</p>

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2022-11-15T06:59:33.677Z
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Geoffrey Chang
<p>When I listen to native speakers I can sometimes hear a &quot;w&quot; sound in 谁</p>
<p>Like it was &quot;shwei&quot;. Or is it just &quot;Shéi&quot;?</p>
<p>Which is correct?</p>

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2022-11-17T01:57:45.127Z
And also 这(zhe/zhei).
Krahmal
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Is there a "w" sound in 谁 like Shwéi or is it just Shéi?
# Is there a "w" sound in 谁 like Shwéi or is it just Shéi?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-10)

When I listen to native speakers I can sometimes hear a "w" sound in 谁

Like it was "shwei". Or is it just "Shéi"?

Which is correct?

**Tags:** mandarin, pronunciation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: And also 这(zhe/zhei).  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-11-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3TXAS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/3TXAS.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/TvGOI.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TvGOI.png). Note the "ui" and "[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vxGl8.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vxGl8.png)" produce the sound of "W". You can listen the pronunciation [here](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E8%B0%81).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-11-10. Score: 2

In Mandarin, it's acceptable for 谁 to be pronounced either "Shéi" and "Shuí"; I think you're hearing the second pronunciation here.

> [![photo of 现代汉语词典](https://i.sstatic.net/jjtDV.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/jjtDV.jpg)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-11-14. Score: 0

It’s good to catch it. In many northern areas normally people say “ni shu shei li?”. (你说谁哩？）(not the so called standard Chinese HanYv pronunciation). but in the school students would read “shu-ei shi ni de baba?”. (谁是你的爸爸？” It is actually a combination of “shu “ (书）and “ei “（诶）。


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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-11-15. Score: 0

shui is more formal. shei is more conversational.


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