hong
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 行 (hong4, “trade, business”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Could someone with knowledge of Cantonese verify this etymology? Is it a shortening of 洋行”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Noun
hong (plural hongs)
- a foreign trading company in China
Anagrams
Irish
Noun
hong m
- h-prothesized form of ong
Verb
hong
- h-prothesized form of ong
Ludian
Etymology
Noun
hong
- forest pine
Mandarin
Romanization
hong
- Nonstandard spelling of hōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of hóng.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of hòng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Palauan
Etymology
Noun
hong
Veps
Noun
hong
- forest pine
Vietnamese
Etymology
Compare Chinese 烘 (hōng), Thai แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng).
Pronunciation
Verb
Zhuang
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /hoːŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: hong1
- Hyphenation: hong
Noun
hong (1957–1982 spelling hoŋ)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Cantonese
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋ
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish mutated nouns
- Irish h-prothesized forms
- Irish mutated verbs
- Ludian lemmas
- Ludian nouns
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin pinyin
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Palauan terms derived from Japanese
- Palauan lemmas
- Palauan nouns
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese verbs
- Zhuang terms borrowed from Chinese
- Zhuang terms derived from Chinese
- Zhuang terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zhuang 1-syllable words
- Zhuang lemmas
- Zhuang nouns