Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced niang

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced niang, including 娘 niáng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

niang joins the initial n to the final iang in one motion — say it as a single Mandarin beat with the tone over it, not as English letters in a row.

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

Settle the final iang into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read niang (娘 niáng) — focus on locking in its tone.

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

Taking the 2nd tone here: 娘 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

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

1 common character in this group.