Pinyin chart · cang
How to say cang
cang in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
cang
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
c: Like the ts in “cats”, with a strong puff of air. It is never a k or an s sound.
ang: ang is the a of “father” followed by the ng of “sing”; an ends in a plain n.
Its tones
cāng 仓 warehouse · cáng 藏 to hide. cǎng and càng aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix cang up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with cang
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.