Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced zheng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zheng, including 正 zhēng / zhèng, 政 zhèng, 争 zhēng, 证 zhèng, 整 zhěng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
zheng begins with the tongue curled up and back for zh; let it slide straight into eng and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial zh
Put the tongue slightly curled back. Do not pronounce it like English “j”.
Final eng
eng is farther back than en.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (正 zhēng / zhèng, 政 zhèng, 争 zhēng, 证 zhèng, 整 zhěng) and lock in their tones. 12 common characters share the sound zheng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
zheng 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: 正, 争, 征… (8 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 整 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 政, 证, 郑 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing zheng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
12 common characters in this group.