hong

== English == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== hong (obsolete) past of hang === Etymology 2 === From Cantonese 行 (hong4, “trade, business”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Could someone with knowledge of Cantonese verify this etymology? Is it a shortening of 洋行”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /hɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /hɑŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋ ==== Noun ==== hong (plural hongs) A foreign trading company in China. === See also === === Anagrams === Gohn == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 鳳凰／凤凰 (hōng-hông, “fenghuang”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhoŋ/ [ˈhoŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Syllabification: hong === Noun === hong (plural hong-hong) (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies Synonym: fenghuang (mythology) phoenix: a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes Synonyms: feniks, foniks, funiks === Further reading === “hong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Irish == === Noun === hong m h-prothesized form of ong === Verb === hong h-prothesized form of ong == Ludian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *honka. Cognates include Finnish honka. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hong forest pine ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Makasar == === Etymology === From Dutch gom (“gum; eraser”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhoŋ/, [ˈhõŋ] Hyphenation: hong === Noun === hong (Lontara spelling ᨖᨚ) an eraser ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Mandarin == === Romanization === hong nonstandard spelling of hōng nonstandard spelling of hóng nonstandard spelling of hǒng nonstandard spelling of hòng ==== Usage notes ==== Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone. == Palauan == === Etymology === From Japanese 本 (hon). === Pronunciation === === Noun === hong book === References === hong in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. hong in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. hong in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 91. == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *honka. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hong old or dead forest pine ==== Declension ==== == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Compare Chinese 烘 (hōng), Thai แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [hɔŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧] === Verb === hong • (𣈞, 𤈤) to dry (in the wind, sun, or near the fire) == Zhuang == === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /hoːŋ˨˦/ Tone numbers: hong1 Hyphenation: hong === Etymology 1 === From Chinese 工 (OC *koːŋ). ==== Noun ==== hong (Sawndip forms 𰏊 or ⿱功大 or 慌 or ⿰工空 or ⿱红工 or 啌 or 空 or 康 or 𭘎 or ⿱䒑巷 or 控, 1957–1982 spelling hoŋ) work; labor Synonym: goeng ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Tai *χɔːŋᴬ (“thing”). Cognate with Thai ของ (kɔ̌ɔng), Northern Thai ᨡᩬᨦ, Lao ຂອງ (khǭng), Lü ᦃᦸᧂ (ẋoang), Tai Dam ꪄꪮꪉ, Shan ၶွင် (khǎung), Zuojiang Zhuang kong. ==== Noun ==== hong (1957–1982 spelling hoŋ) (dialectal) thing; object Synonyms: doenghyiengh, doxgaiq, (dialectal) swhyiengh == Zou == === Verb === hong open ==== References ==== http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf