Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced hong
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced hong, including 红 hóng, 轰 hōng, 洪 hóng, 宏 hóng, 鸿 hóng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say hong, lead with the initial h, then flow without a break into the final ong, holding the tone across the whole syllable.
Initial h
Start the syllable on the initial h, 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 (红 hóng, 轰 hōng, 洪 hóng, 宏 hóng, 鸿 hóng) and lock in their tones. 6 common characters share the sound hong, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
hong turns up here with 2 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: 轰 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 红, 洪, 宏… (5 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing hong inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
6 common characters in this group.