Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced sang
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced sang, including 丧 sāng / sàng, 桑 sāng, 嗓 sǎng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For sang, start with the flat s and let it flow into ang, holding the tone over the joined syllable.
Initial s
Keep the tongue flat and the sound clean.
Final ang
Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (丧 sāng / sàng, 桑 sāng, 嗓 sǎng) and lock in their tones. 3 common characters share the sound sang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
sang 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: 丧, 桑 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 嗓 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing sang inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
3 common characters in this group.