Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced rong

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced rong, including 容 róng, 荣 róng, 融 róng, 溶 róng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

rong begins with the tongue curled up and back for r; let it slide straight into ong and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.

Initial r

Mandarin r is softer than English r and starts with a curled tongue.

Final ong

ong sounds close to “ung”, not English “ong”.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (容 róng, 荣 róng, 融 róng, 溶 róng) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound rong, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

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

2nd tone

Taking the 2nd tone here: 容, 荣, 融… (4 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

容róngto hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance 荣róngglory; honored 融róngharmonious; melt; mild 溶róngdissolve

Common Words With This Sound

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

容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to 内容nèi róngcontent; substance; details 形容xíng róngto describe; (literary) countenance; appearance 荣誉róng yùhonor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation 光荣guāng rónghonor and glory; glorious 荣幸róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)融化róng huàto melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into 金融jīn róngbanking; finance; financial 融入róng rùto blend into; to integrate; to assimilate; to merge 溶解róng jiěto dissolve

Characters

4 common characters in this group.

Character#1 容 róngto hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenanceTraditional: 容 Character#2 荣 róngglory; honoredTraditional: 榮 Character#3 融 róngharmonious; melt; mildTraditional: 融 Character#4 溶 róngdissolveTraditional: 溶