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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.