Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced pang
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced pang, including 旁 páng, 庞 páng, 胖 pàng, 膀 bǎng / bàng / pāng / páng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For pang, push a small puff of air on p, join it to ang, and hold the tone over the whole syllable.
Initial p
Start the syllable on the initial p, 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 (旁 páng, 庞 páng, 胖 pàng, 膀 bǎng / bàng / pāng / páng) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound pang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
pang turns up here with 3 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 旁, 庞 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 膀 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 胖 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing pang inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
4 common characters in this group.