hong

English Online Dictionary. What means hong‎? What does hong mean?

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

hong

1. (obsolete) past of hang

Etymology 2

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /hɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

hong (plural hongs)

1. A foreign trading company in China.

See also

Anagrams

• Gohn

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 鳳凰／凤凰 (hōng-hông, “fenghuang”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhoŋ/ [ˈhoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: hong

Noun

hong (plural hong-hong)

1. (mythology) fenghuang: a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
2. (mythology) phoenix: a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

Synonyms

• feniks
• foniks
• funiks

Further reading

• “hong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

hong m

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Verb

hong

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *honka. Cognates include Finnish honka.

Pronunciation

Noun

hong

1. forest pine

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mandarin

Romanization

hong

1. Nonstandard spelling of hōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǒng.
4. 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

From Japanese 本 (hon).

Pronunciation

Noun

hong

1. book

References

• hong in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• hong in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• hong in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 91.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *honka.

Pronunciation

Noun

hong

1. old or dead forest pine

Declension

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese 烘 (hōng), Thai แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [hɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

hong • (𣈞, 𤈤)

1. to dry (in the wind, sun, or near the fire)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hoːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hong¹
• Hyphenation: hong

Etymology 1

From Chinese 工 (OC *koːŋ).

Noun

hong (Sawndip forms 𰏊 or ⿱功大 or 慌 or ⿰工空 or ⿱红工 or 啌 or 空 or 康 or 𭘎 or ⿱䒑巷 or 控, 1957–1982 spelling hoŋ)

1. work; labor

   Synonym: goeng

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *χɔːŋᴬ (“thing”). Cognate with Thai ของ (kɔ̌ɔng), Northern Thai ᨡᩬᨦ, Lao ຂອງ (khǭng), Lü ᦃᦸᧂ (ẋoang), Tai Dam ꪄꪮꪉ, Shan ၶွင် (khǎung), Zuojiang Zhuang kong.

Noun

hong (1957–1982 spelling hoŋ)

1. (dialectal) thing; object

   Synonyms: doenghyiengh, doxgaiq, (dialectal) swhyiengh

Zou

Verb

hong

1. open

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf