Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced cheng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced cheng, including 成 chéng / chèng, 程 chéng, 城 chéng, 称 chēng / chèn / chèng, 承 chéng. Compare tones, meanings…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say cheng, set the tongue tip back for the retroflex ch, then run into eng without a pause — one Mandarin block, with the tone laid over it.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final eng
eng is farther back than en.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (成 chéng / chèng, 程 chéng, 城 chéng, 称 chēng / chèn / chèng, 承 chéng) and lock in their tones. 11 common characters share the sound cheng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
cheng turns up here with 3 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: 称, 撑 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 成, 程, 城… (8 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 盛 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing cheng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
11 common characters in this group.