gong

See also gòng, göng, gōng, and gǒng

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

From Malay gong

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

gong (plural gongs)

1. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
2. (UK) (informal) A medal or award.

Translations

percussion instrument

• Arabic: جَرَس (járas) m, ناقُوس (naqūs) m
• Chinese: 鑼, 锣 (luó)
• Danish: gongong (da)
• Dutch: gong (nl) m
• Finnish: gongi (fi)
• French: gong (fr) m
• Georgian: გონგი (ka) (gongi)
• German: Gong (de) m and n
• Greek: γκονγκ (el) (gkongk) n (gkongk)
• Hebrew: גונג (he) (gong) m
• Hindi: घंटा (gʰaṅṭa)
• Indonesian: gong (id)

• Japanese: どら (ja) (dora)
• Korean: 징 (ko) (jing)
• Malay: gong (ms)
• Norwegian: gong (no) m
• Polish: gong (pl)
• Portuguese: gongo (pt) m
• Russian: гонг (ru) (gong) m
• Slovene: gong (sl) m
• Spanish: gongo (es) m, gong (es) m
• Tai Dam: ʻcọng
• Thai: ฆ้อง (th) (kóng)
• Turkish: gong (tr)

Verb

gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)

1. To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
   • 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft

     Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!

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Malay

Noun

gong

1. a large gong.
2. sound of a gong.

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Mandarin

Romanization

gong

1. Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian

Noun

gong

1. gong

Inflection

    Inflection of gong

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	gong	gongen	gonger	gongene
Nynorsk m	gong	gongen	gongar	gongane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen; indefinite plural gonger [gongar]; definite plural gongene [gongane])

1. time

   Kor mange gonger hende det?

   How many times did it happen?