NG

See also: -ng, -ոց, .ng, ng, Ng, ng̃, and Ng̃

Translingual

Symbol

NG

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Nigeria.

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English

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

• French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(Internet) newsgroup

• French: NG (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

1. Initialism of nasogastric.
2. (Internet slang) Initialism of no good.

Proper noun

NG

1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.

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Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG (NG).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: enji
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-chi¹
    • Yale: ēn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enji
    • Palladius: эньцзи (enʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) NG

1. (film, television) blooper

Verb

NG

1. (film, television) to have a blooper

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Esperanto

Phrase

NG

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

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Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

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

Noun

NG(エヌジー) • (enujī) 

1. not OK
2. (film, television) a blooper
3. (manufacturing) a defective product

Synonyms

• (industry) 不良品(ふりょうひん) (furyōhin)

Antonyms

• OK (OK)

Derived terms

• N(エヌ)G(ジー)ワード (enujī wādo)

See also

• エヌ (enu)
• ジー (jī)

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Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

1. (film, television) a blooper
2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

• 불량품 (bullyangpum) (manufacturing)

Antonyms

• OK (OK) (manufacturing)