different between mong vs hong

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ?emong, ?emang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang? (“mix”). Compare Proto-Germanic *mangijan? (“to knead, mix”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?ng, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (dialect) A mingling, mixture, or crowd.
2. (dialect) A muddle or confusion.

Derived terms

• mongcorn

Etymology 2

Contraction of mongrel.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?ng, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (Australia, slang) A mongrel dog.

Etymology 3

Contraction of Mongol or mongoloid.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?ng, IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory, dated) A person with Down's syndrome.
2. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory) A stupid person.

Etymology 4

Clipping of among.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?ng, IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

mong

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 'mong.

Etymology 5

Shan ?????? (móeng)

Noun

mong

1. Alternative form of mueang

References

Dutch

Noun

mong m (plural mongs)

1. (slang) mong, shortened version of mongool.

Malay

Noun

mong

1. gong

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“to expect”, SV: v?ng). Compare Thai ??? (m??ng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]

Verb

mong

1. to hope, to expect, to wish for something

Derived terms

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hong

1. (obsolete) past tense of hang

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (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 ??”)

Noun

hong (plural hongs)

1. a foreign trading company in China

Anagrams

• Gohn

Irish

Noun

hong m

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Verb

hong

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish honka.

Noun

hong

1. forest pine

Mandarin

Romanization

hong

1. Nonstandard spelling of h?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of h?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hòng.

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.

Palauan

Etymology

From Japanese ? (hon).

Noun

hong

1. book

Veps

Noun

hong

1. forest pine

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese ?, Thai ???? (h???ng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]

Verb

hong • (????, ????)

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

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ho????/
• Tone numbers: hong¹
• Hyphenation: hong

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (OC *ko??).

Noun

hong (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ??? or ??? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ??? or ?, old orthography ho?)

1. work; labor

   Synonym: goeng

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *????? (“thing”). Cognate with Thai ??? (k???ng), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (kh?ng), Lü ??? (?oang), Tai Dam ???, Shan ???? (kh?ang), Zuojiang Zhuang kong.

Noun

hong (old orthography ho?)

1. (dialectal) thing; object

   Synonyms: doenghyiengh, doxgaiq, (dialectal) swhyiengh

Zou

Verb

hong

1. open

References

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