NG

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"

Translingual

Symbol

NG

(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Nigeria.
Synonym: NGA (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

(petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
Initialism of nitroglycerin.
(Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
(rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

Not OK. Initialism of no good.
Hyponym: NFG
Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

NG

(Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
Initialism of National Geographic.

Anagrams

gn, gn., GN

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (“no good”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēnjī

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēnjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: enji
  - Wade–Giles: ên¹-chi¹
  - Yale: ēn-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enji
  - Palladius: эньцзи (enʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: en¹ zi¹
  - Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ dzi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

NG

(film, television) outtake; blooper

Verb

NG

(film, television) to have an outtake or a blooper

Esperanto

Phrase

NG

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of ne gravas (“it doesn't matter, it's not important”).

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) エヌジー [ènújíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [e̞nɯ̟ʑiː]

Noun

NG(エヌジー) • (enujī)

not OK
(film, television) outtake; blooper
(manufacturing) a defective product
Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)

Antonyms

OK (OK)

Derived terms

N(エヌ)G(ジー)ワード (enujī wādo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [e̞ɲd͡ʑi]
Phonetic hangul: [엔지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	enji
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	enji
McCune–Reischauer^?	enji
Yale Romanization^?	eyn.ci

Noun

NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

(film, television) a blooper
(manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

(manufacturing) 불량품 (不良品, bullyangpum)

Antonyms

(manufacturing) OK (okei)

Tagalog

Etymology

See Ng.

Letter

NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

Alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜅ)

Alternative spelling of Ng

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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