peng

== English == === Etymology 1 === From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 / 鹏 (péng). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /pɛŋ/ Rhymes: -ɛŋ ==== Noun ==== peng (plural pengs) (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird. Synonym: roc ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Singapore) IPA(key): [p˭eŋ(˦)], (some speakers) [p˭ɪŋ(˦)] ==== Adjective ==== peng (not comparable) (Manglish, Singlish, chiefly attributive, of a drink) Iced; with ice added. ===== Usage notes ===== Always postpositive, as in teh tarik peng ("iced teh tarik"). === Etymology 3 === Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include: From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”). From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute. From Cantonese 又平又靚 / 又平又靓 (jau6 peng4 jau6 leng3, “cheap and also good quality”), see also 平靚正 / 平靓正 (peng4 leng3 zeng3, “low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in major Chinatowns. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Alternative forms ==== pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /pɛŋ/ ==== Adjective ==== peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest) (chiefly MTE, MLE) Physically or sexually attractive. Synonyms: fit, hot, leng; see also Thesaurus:attractive, Thesaurus:sexy (chiefly MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent ===== Derived terms ===== (of the highest quality): peng ting === References === == Acehnese == === Etymology === From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng. === Pronunciation === === Noun === peng money == Albanian == === Etymology === From Latin pignus. === Noun === peng m (plural pengje, definite pengu, definite plural pengjet) (law) pledge, pawn hostage feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking (figurative) token of assurance ==== Derived terms ==== pengcë === References === == German == === Alternative forms === päng === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pɛŋ] === Interjection === peng bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound) === Further reading === “peng” in Duden online “peng”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German) == Hungarian == === Etymology === From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”). Compare pendül. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ] Hyphenation: peng Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ === Verb === peng (intransitive) to ring, jingle, clink (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal) (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang ==== Conjugation ==== or ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === peng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Mandarin == === Romanization === peng nonstandard spelling of pēng nonstandard spelling of péng nonstandard spelling of pěng nonstandard spelling of pèng ==== 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. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛŋː/ === Noun === peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane) alternative form of penge == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse peningr and pengr. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛŋː/ Rhymes: -ɛŋː === Noun === peng c a coin (chiefly in the plural) money ==== Usage notes ==== The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (coin): (money): ==== Derived terms ==== (coin): (money): === References === “peng”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “peng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “peng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)