Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced gong
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced gong, including 公 gōng, 工 gōng, 共 gòng, 功 gōng, 供 gōng / gòng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For gong, start on g and let it run into ong without pausing; keep the mouth moving and hold the tone to the end.
Initial g
Start the syllable on the initial g, then run straight into the final ong — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final ong
ong sounds close to “ung”, not English “ong”.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (公 gōng, 工 gōng, 共 gòng, 功 gōng, 供 gōng / gòng) and lock in their tones. 11 common characters share the sound gong, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
gong 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: 公, 工, 功… (8 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 巩 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 共, 贡 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing gong inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
11 common characters in this group.