Pinyin chart · beng
How to say beng
beng in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
beng
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How to say it
b: Like the p in “spin”: no puff of air. To an English ear it sounds close to b.
eng: eng is the “uh” of e followed by the ng of “sing”.
Its tones
bēng 崩 to collapse · béng 甭 don't · běng 绷 to keep a straight face · bèng 蹦 to jump. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix beng up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with beng
The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.