feng
See also: Feng, féng, fèng, fēng, and fěng
English
Noun
feng (plural fengs)
- (IPA, linguistics) The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
See also
- feng shui (etymologically unrelated)
Mandarin
Romanization
feng
- Nonstandard spelling of fēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of féng.
- Nonstandard spelling of fěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of fèng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Old English
Verb
fēng
- preterite of fōn
- Her feng Tiberius to rice
- Here Tiberius took the kingdom.