Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced chang
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced chang, including 长 cháng, 常 cháng, 场 chǎng, 厂 chǎng, 唱 chàng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
chang begins with the tongue curled up and back for ch; let it slide straight into ang and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final ang
Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (长 cháng, 常 cháng, 场 chǎng, 厂 chǎng, 唱 chàng) and lock in their tones. 11 common characters share the sound chang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
chang turns up here with 4 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: 昌 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 长, 常, 偿… (5 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 场, 厂 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 唱, 畅, 倡 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing chang inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
11 common characters in this group.