Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced cang

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced cang, including 藏 cáng / zàng, 苍 cāng, 舱 cāng, 仓 cāng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

To say cang, use a flat-tongue c, slide into ang, and lay the tone on top — it is one sound, not the letters read separately.

Initial c

Flat tongue with strong aspiration.

Final ang

Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (藏 cáng / zàng, 苍 cāng, 舱 cāng, 仓 cāng) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound cang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

cang 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: 苍, 舱, 仓 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

苍cāngdark blue; fly; musca; deep green 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane 仓cāngbarn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)

2nd tone

Taking the 2nd tone here: 藏 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

藏cáng / zàngto hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate; storehouse

Common Words With This Sound

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

躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover 收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection 隐藏yǐn cángto hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter 苍白cāng báipale; wan 苍蝇cāng yinghousefly 上苍shàng cāngHeaven; God 机舱jī cāngcabin of a plane 方舱fāng cāngportable building; demountable building; transportable building; (UK) portacabin 定舱dìng cāng(of freight or cargo) to book 仓库cāng kùdepot; storehouse; warehouse

Characters

4 common characters in this group.

Character#1 藏 cáng / zàngto hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate; storehouseTraditional: 藏 Character#2 苍 cāngdark blue; fly; musca; deep greenTraditional: 蒼 Character#3 舱 cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplaneTraditional: 艙 Character#4 仓 cāngbarn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)Traditional: 倉