Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced peng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced peng, including 朋 péng, 碰 pèng, 彭 péng, 鹏 péng, 捧 pěng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
peng opens with a clear puff of air on p; let that breath lead into eng and settle the tone across the syllable.
Initial p
Start the syllable on the initial p, 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 (朋 péng, 碰 pèng, 彭 péng, 鹏 péng, 捧 pěng) and lock in their tones. 8 common characters share the sound peng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
peng 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: 朋, 彭, 鹏… (6 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 捧 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 碰 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing peng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
8 common characters in this group.