Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced mang

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced mang, including 忙 máng, 茫 máng, 盲 máng, 芒 máng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

For mang, start on m and let it run into ang without pausing; keep the mouth moving and hold the tone to the end.

Initial m

Start the syllable on the initial m, then run straight into the final ang — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Final ang

Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (忙 máng, 茫 máng, 盲 máng, 芒 máng) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound mang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

mang turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

2nd tone

Taking the 2nd tone here: 忙, 茫, 盲… (4 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

忙mángbusy 茫mángvague; vast 盲mángblind 芒mángMiscanthus sinensis

Common Words With This Sound

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

帮忙bāng mángto help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn 连忙lián mángpromptly; at once 急忙jí mánghastily 茫茫máng mángboundless; vast and obscure 茫然máng ránblankly; vacantly; at a loss 微茫wēi mánghazy; blurred 盲目máng mù(fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking 盲人máng rénblind person 文盲wén mángilliterate 光芒guāng mángrays of light; brilliant rays; radiance

Characters

4 common characters in this group.

Character#1 忙 mángbusyTraditional: 忙 Character#2 茫 mángvague; vastTraditional: 茫 Character#3 盲 mángblindTraditional: 盲 Character#4 芒 mángMiscanthus sinensisTraditional: 芒