Pinyin chart · reng

How to say reng

reng in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

reng

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Voice

How to say it

r: The tongue curls back as for sh, but the voice is on: between the s in “pleasure” and the r in “run”.

eng: eng is the “uh” of e followed by the ng of “sing”.

Its tones

rēng 扔 to throw · réng 仍 still. rěng and rèng aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

Learners often mix reng up with these. Listen to them one after the other.

Words with reng

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.