peng

See also: PEng, Peng, P'eng, Péng, péng, pèng, pēng, pěng, and peng-

English

Etymology 1

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 / 鹏 (péng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Noun

peng (plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

   Synonym: roc

Translations

enormous bird of Chinese myth — see roc

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [peŋ(˦)]
  • The [p] is unaspirated.

Adjective

peng (not comparable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish, chiefly attributive, of a drink) Iced; with ice added.
   • 1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Gimme two laksa, one milo peng!

   • 1992 August 4, Beng Ting, “Malaysian food”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Mamak, give me a "capati", extra large, bawang banyak-banyak; one ice kacang, two milo peng, tiga teh tarik...

   • 2005 May 14, Ir. Liew, “Re: XX Pc User 2 - usb2COM.jpg”, in tmnet.communities (Usenet):

     *sputters kopi peng across monitor screen*

   • 2018 August, Trisha N, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, in The Star‎^[1], →OCLC:

     I make various types of hot and cold drinks but the most popular is my kopi peng.

Usage notes

• Always postpositive, as in teh tarik peng ("iced teh tarik").

Etymology 3

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

• From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).
• From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.
• From Cantonese 又平又靚 / 又平又靓 (jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³, “cheap and also good quality”), see also 平靚正 / 平靓正 (peng⁴ leng³ zeng³, “low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in major Chinatowns. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (chiefly MTE, MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot; see also Thesaurus:attractive, Thesaurus:sexy

   • 2011, “Bulldozers”, in Ancient Future, performed by Cyrus Malachi:

     Spread your chick like a centrefold / 'Cause she's penger than a scented rose.

   • 2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:

     I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

   • 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎^[2]performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:

     I see a peng girl, then I pose (chillin') / If she ain't on it, I ghost

   • 2020 October 23, Triggy, “Po’style”, 1:57–02:01:

     Look at the decors, hello, hola, who is that lengers?

   • 2021 February 2, #CHR​ W2rksy x DB, “No Cap”, 1:13–1:16 and 1:59–2:08:

     I need me a big bat one, that’s a leng ting […]
     Baby, baby, hold it down, why not waste, back side brown, no panties under that gown, golden brown, peng, leng, hold that skeng, bad b come link me a ten

   • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane:

     Dom (David Jonsson): You know, you're very—
     Yas (Vivian Oparah): Peng? Refreshingly disarming?
     Dom: You ask a lot of questions.

2. (chiefly MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

   • 2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[3]:

     It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.

   • 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:

     I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!

   • 2018 November 12, DigDat, “Air Force (Remix)”‎^[4] ft. K Trap, Krept, and Konan:

     I just hit two cells with my right hand
     Peng bujj got my fiends all coughing

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (plural pengje, definite pengu, definite plural pengjet)

1. (law) pledge, pawn
2. hostage
3. feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking
4. (figurative) token of assurance

Derived terms

• pengcë

German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛŋ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Interjection

peng

1. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “peng” in Duden online
• “peng” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”). Compare pendül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle, clink (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

Conjugation of peng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pengek	pengsz	peng	pengünk	pengtek	pengnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	pengtem	pengtél	pengett	pengtünk	pengtetek	pengtek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. pengni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	pengék	pengél	penge	pengénk	pengétek	pengének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. peng vala, pengett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	pengendek	pengendesz	pengend	pengendünk	pengendetek	pengendenek
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	pengnék	pengnél	pengne	pengnénk	pengnétek	pengnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pengett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pengjek	pengj or pengjél	pengjen	pengjünk	pengjetek	pengjenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pengett légyen
infinitive	pengni		pengnem	pengned	pengnie	pengnünk	pengnetek	pengniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	pengés		pengő	pengett	―	pengve (pengvén)

or

Conjugation of peng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pengek	pengesz	peng	pengünk	pengetek or pengtek	pengenek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	pengtem	pengtél	pengett	pengtünk	pengtetek	pengtek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. pengeni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	pengék	pengél	penge	pengénk	pengétek	pengének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. peng vala, pengett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	pengendek	pengendesz	pengend	pengendünk	pengendetek	pengendenek
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	pengenék	pengenél	pengene	pengenénk	pengenétek	pengenének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pengett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pengjek	pengj or pengjél	pengjen	pengjünk	pengjetek	pengjenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pengett légyen
infinitive	pengeni		pengenem	pengened	pengenie	pengenünk	pengenetek	pengeniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	pengés		pengő	pengett	―	pengve (pengvén)

Potential conjugation of peng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	penghetek	penghetsz	penghet	penghetünk	penghettek	penghetnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	penghettem	penghettél	penghetett	penghettünk	penghettetek	penghettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	pengheték	penghetél	penghete	pengheténk	penghetétek	penghetének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. penghet vala, penghetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	penghetendek or pengandhatok	penghetendesz or pengandhatsz	penghetend or pengandhat	penghetendünk or pengandhatunk	penghetendetek or pengandhattok	penghetendenek or pengandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	penghetnék	penghetnél	penghetne	penghetnénk	penghetnétek	penghetnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. penghetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	penghessek	penghess or penghessél	penghessen	penghessünk	penghessetek	penghessenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. penghetett légyen
infinitive	(penghetni)		(penghetnem)	(penghetned)	(penghetnie)	(penghetnünk)	(penghetnetek)	(penghetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(penghetve / penghetvén)

Derived terms

• penget
• pengés
• pengő

Related terms

• pendül
• penge

Further reading

• peng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of pēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pěng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋː/

Noun

peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (chiefly in the plural) money

   Du ska få en peng när du fyller.

   You'll get money for your birthday.

   Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester.

   Graduates get no money for vacation.

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

Usage notes

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Declension

Declension of peng

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	peng	pengs
	definite	pengen	pengens
plural	indefinite	pengar	pengars
	definite	pengarna	pengarnas

Synonyms

(coin):

• mynt
• penning
• slant

(money):

• bagis
• deg
• kontanter
• kosing
• medel
• stålar
• tillgångar

Derived terms

(coin):

• blodpeng
• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

(money):

• fickpengar
• månadspeng
• pengabrist
• pengaflöde
• pengastinn
• skattepengar
• småpengar
• veckopeng

References

• peng in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)