NG

NG

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

🆖 U+1F196, 🆖 SQUARED NG ← 🆕 [U+1F195] Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement 🆗 → [U+1F197]

Translingual

Presentations of NG︎

Text style	Emoji style
🆖︎	🆖️
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️

Symbol

NG

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Nigeria.

   Synonym: NGA (alpha-3)

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English

Etymology

no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
4. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

1. Not OK. Initialism of no good.
2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

NG

1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
2. Initialism of National Geographic.

Anagrams

• GN

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Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ zi¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹ zi¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

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])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [e̞nɯ̟ᵝʑiː]

Noun

N(エヌ)G(ジー) • (enujī) 

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

   Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)

Antonyms

• OK

Derived terms

• N(エヌ)G(ジー)ワード (enujī wādo)

See also

• エヌ (enu)
• ジー (jī)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via 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

• (manufacturing) 불량품 (不良品, bullyangpum)

Antonyms

• (manufacturing) OK (okei)