Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced meng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced meng, including 梦 mèng, 蒙 mēng / méng / měng, 猛 měng, 盟 méng, 孟 mèng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For meng, start on m and let it run into eng 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 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 (梦 mèng, 蒙 mēng / méng / měng, 猛 měng, 盟 méng, 孟 mèng) and lock in their tones. 5 common characters share the sound meng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
meng turns up here with 4 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: 蒙 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 盟 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 猛 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 梦, 孟 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing meng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
5 common characters in this group.