Etymology

heng

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Today it means: The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones. Full definition →

Teochew 興 /兴 ← Hokkien 幸
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heng · noun1

Blend of h + eng.

heng · adjective2

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from幸“fortunate”
  2. Teochew · borrowed from興 /兴“fortunate”
  3. English todayheng

From Teochew 興 /兴 (hêng¹, “fortunate”) or Hokkien 幸 (hēng, “fortunate”). Compare Thai เฮง (heng), Khmer ហេង (heeng), Vietnamese hên.

Heng · proper noun3

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from恆 /恒
  2. English todayHeng

From Mandarin 恆 /恒 (Héng).

Heng · proper noun4

  1. Chinese · derived from王
  2. English todayHeng

From romanization of the Teochew pronunciation Hêng⁵ of Chinese 王, Mandarin Wáng.

Heng · proper noun5

  1. Chinese · derived from邢
  2. English todayHeng

From romanization of the Hokkien pronunciation Hêng of Chinese 邢, Mandarin Xíng.

Words from the same roots

Chinese王 all →

whang

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