Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced leng

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced leng, including 冷 lěng, 愣 lèng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

Build leng by sliding from l straight into eng; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.

Initial l

Start the syllable on the initial l, 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 (冷 lěng, 愣 lèng) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound leng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

leng turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

3rd tone

Taking the 3rd tone here: 冷 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

冷lěngcold

4th tone

Taking the 4th tone here: 愣 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

愣lèngto look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; stupefied; blank

Common Words With This Sound

Seeing leng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted 寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid; very cold 冷却lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool 发愣fā lèngto stare blankly; to be in a daze 愣说lèng shuō(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert 愣干lèng gànto do things recklessly; to persist in doing sth in one's own way

Characters

2 common characters in this group.

Character#1 冷 lěngcoldTraditional: 冷 Character#2 愣 lèngto look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; stupefied; blankTraditional: 愣