peng

peng · noun¹

1. Chinese · borrowed from鵬 /鹏
2. English todaypeng

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).

peng · adjective²

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

peng · adjective³

1. Cantonese · derived from又平又靚 /又平又靓“cheap and also good quality”
2. Jamaican Creole · derived fromkushempeng“high-quality marijuana”
3. English todaypeng

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.

Peng · proper noun⁴

1. Mandarin · borrowed from彭
2. English todayPeng

Borrowed from Mandarin 彭 (Péng).

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