Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced geng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced geng, including 更 gēng / gèng, 耕 gēng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
geng joins the initial g to the final eng in one motion — say it as a single Mandarin beat with the tone over it, not as English letters in a row.
Initial g
Start the syllable on the initial g, then run straight into the final eng — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final eng
eng is farther back than en.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (更 gēng / gèng, 耕 gēng) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound geng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
geng turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 更, 耕 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing geng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.