Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced reng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced reng, including 仍 réng, 扔 rēng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For reng, curl the tongue back on r and join it smoothly to eng; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial r
Mandarin r is softer than English r and starts with a curled tongue.
Final eng
eng is farther back than en.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (仍 réng, 扔 rēng) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound reng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
reng turns up here with 2 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: 扔 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 仍 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing reng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.