Pinyin chart · cong
How to say cong
cong in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
cong
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.
ong: ong ends in the ng of “sing”, with the vowel close to the oo of “book”.
Its tones
cōng 葱 scallion · cóng 从 from. cǒng and còng aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix cong up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with cong
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.