Pinyin chart · dong
How to say dong
dong in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
dong
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How to say it
d: Like the t in “stop”: no puff of air. To an English ear it sounds close to d.
ong: ong ends in the ng of “sing”, with the vowel close to the oo of “book”.
Its tones
dōng 东 east · dǒng 懂 to understand · dòng 动 to move. dóng isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix dong up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with dong
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.