Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced song
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced song, including 送 sòng, 松 sōng, 宋 sòng, 讼 sòng, 耸 sǒng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say song, use a flat-tongue s, slide into ong, and lay the tone on top — it is one sound, not the letters read separately.
Initial s
Keep the tongue flat and the sound clean.
Final ong
ong sounds close to “ung”, not English “ong”.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (送 sòng, 松 sōng, 宋 sòng, 讼 sòng, 耸 sǒng) and lock in their tones. 6 common characters share the sound song, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
song turns up here with 3 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: 松 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 耸 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 送, 宋, 讼… (4 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing song inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
6 common characters in this group.