Pinyin chart · heng
How to say heng
heng in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
heng
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How to say it
h: Further back than English h, with a little friction, like a soft version of the ch in Scottish “loch”.
eng: eng is the “uh” of e followed by the ng of “sing”.
Its tones
hēng 哼 to hum · héng 恒 permanent · hèng 横 harsh and unreasonable. hěng isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix heng up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with heng
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.