Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced chong
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced chong, including 充 chōng, 冲 chōng / chòng, 虫 chóng, 崇 chóng, 宠 chǒng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For chong, curl the tongue back on ch and join it smoothly to ong; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final ong
ong sounds close to “ung”, not English “ong”.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (充 chōng, 冲 chōng / chòng, 虫 chóng, 崇 chóng, 宠 chǒng) and lock in their tones. 5 common characters share the sound chong, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
chong 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: 充, 冲 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 虫, 崇 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 宠 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing chong inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
5 common characters in this group.