peng

peng

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

peng (usually uncountable, plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

Synonyms

• roc

Translations

enormous bird of Chinese myth — see roc

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

Adjective

peng (not comparable) (Manglish, Singlish)

1. (of a drink) iced; with ice added
   • 1992 February 21, Goh, HanLin, “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, Liew, Ir., “Re: XX Pc User 2 - usb2COM.jpg”, in tmnet.communities, Usenet:

     *sputters kopi peng across monitor screen*

   • 2018 August, N, Trisha, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, in The Star‎, OCLC 769589601:

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

Usage notes

• Almost exclusively used attributively.
• Unlike other adjectives, it is always placed after the modified noun.

Etymology 3

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

1. From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).[en 1]
2. From clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.[en 1]
3. From Cantonese 又平又靚 jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³ (cheap and also good quality) see also 平靚正 peng⁴ leng³ zeng³ (low cost, high quality) often heard from hawkers in major chinatowns

Alternative forms

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

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

   Synonyms: fit, hot

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

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

   • 2016, Gunna Grimes (lyrics), “DPMO”, in #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

   • 2020 October 23, Triggy (lyrics and music), “Po’style”, 1:57–02:01:

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

   • 2021 February 2, #CHR​ W2rksy x DB (lyrics and music), “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

2. (MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.
   • 2016 December 9, Boult, Adam, quoting Quashie, Elijah, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎:

     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 ft. K Trap, Krept & Konan (lyrics and music), “Air Force (Remix)”‎:

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

Synonyms

• (sexually attractive): See also Thesaurus:sexy
• (of the highest quality): See also Thesaurus:excellent

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

References

1. Thorne, Tony (2014) Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 329

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Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

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Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.[1]

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular 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

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “peng”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 315

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German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛŋ]

• Audio

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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

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”).[1] Compare pendül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (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

			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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengek	pengsz	peng	pengünk	pengtek	pengnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	pengtem	pengtél	pengett	pengtünk	pengtetek	pengtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengnék	pengnél	pengne	pengnénk	pengnétek	pengnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengjek	pengj or pengjél	pengjen	pengjünk	pengjetek	pengjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	pengni		pengnem	pengned	pengnie	pengnünk	pengnetek	pengniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			pengés	pengő	pengett	―	pengve	penghet

or

conjugation of peng

			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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengek	pengesz	peng	pengünk	pengetek or pengtek	pengenek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	pengtem	pengtél	pengett	pengtünk	pengtetek	pengtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengenék	pengenél	pengene	pengenénk	pengenétek	pengenének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	pengjek	pengj or pengjél	pengjen	pengjünk	pengjetek	pengjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	pengeni		pengenem	pengened	pengenie	pengenünk	pengenetek	pengeniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			pengés	pengő	pengett	―	pengve	penghet

Derived terms

• penget
• pengés
• pengő

 

Related terms

• pendül

 

References

1. peng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• peng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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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

• 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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋː/

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of penge

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋː/

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (mostly in 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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	peng	pengen	pengar	pengarna
Genitive	pengs	pengens	pengars	pengarnas

Synonyms

(coin):

• mynt
• penning
• slant

 

(money):

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

 

Related terms

(coin):

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

 

(money):

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

 

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)