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heng

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Singapore/heŋ/

heng noun: 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.

Noun

heng (plural hengs)

  1. 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.

Adjective

heng (comparative more heng, superlative most heng)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Fortunate, lucky.
    • Damn heng... The bus tire puncture right before my stop. Bad luck everyone else though.2015 June 24, @BurgerBing, Twitter
    • But Sunny very heng [lucky]... No damage on the driver's side.2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 12, page 73

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Heng

Heng

  1. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhengding, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
  2. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Quyang, Baoding, Hebei, China

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Heng

Heng

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Heng

Heng

  1. A Chinese surname.

Forms of heng

Noun
pluralhengs
Adjective
comparativemore heng
superlativemost heng
Proper noun
alternative formHing

Origin of heng

Blend of h + eng.

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

From Mandarin 恆 /恒 (Héng).

Words formed from heng

Questions about heng

What does heng mean?
Heng 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.
What part of speech is heng?
Heng can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce heng?
Heng is pronounced /heŋ/ (Singapore).
What is the plural of heng?
The plural of heng is hengs.

Words near heng in the dictionary

  1. henfest
  2. henfests
  3. Henfield
  4. henfish
  5. Henfrey
  6. heng
  7. heng ah
  8. Heng-yang
  9. Hengchin
  10. Hengchun
  11. henge

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