Pinyin chart · yang
How to say yang
yang in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
yang
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Voice
How to say it
No initial: No consonant: the syllable starts with its vowel. The y or w in front is spelling only and adds no sound of its own.
Its tones
yāng 央 center · yáng 杨 poplar · yǎng 养 to raise · yàng 样 appearance. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- Said alone, iang is written yang: a final that begins with i, u or ü takes y or w in front.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix yang up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with yang
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.