Pinyin chart · peng
How to say peng
peng in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
peng
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
p: Like the p in “pin”, with a strong puff of air. The puff is what tells it from b.
eng: eng is the “uh” of e followed by the ng of “sing”.
Its tones
pēng 烹 to cook · péng 朋 friend · pěng 捧 to hold in both hands · pèng 碰 to touch. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix peng up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with peng
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.