different between peng vs beautiful

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ? (péng).

Noun

peng (usually uncountable, plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

Synonyms

• roc

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hokkien ? (peng, “ice”).

Adjective

peng (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) iced; with ice added

Etymology 3

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

1. From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).
2. From clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.
3. From Cantonese ???? jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³ (cheap and also good quality) see also ??? 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. (MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot
2. (MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

References

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.

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. (figuratively) token of assurance

Derived terms

• pengcë

References

German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Interjection

peng

1. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “peng” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]
• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -???

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

or

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

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

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -???

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

Synonyms

coin

• mynt
• penning
• slant

money

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

Related terms

coin

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

money

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

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty +? -ful. Largely displaced Old English fæ?er (whence fair).

Pronunciation

• enPR: byo?o?t?-f?l, IPA^(key): /?bju?t?f?l/
• Hyphenation: beau?ti?ful

Adjective

beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)

1. Attractive and possessing beauty.

2. Good, admirable.

3. (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.

4. Well executed.

Usage notes

• When used to refer to human appearance, the word is more commonly used for women, with handsome being more common for men, though neither is incorrect. For a man, beautiful could connote a more delicate or androgynous appearance.
• The comparatives beautifuler and beautifuller, and the superlatives beautifulest and beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are nonstandard.

Synonyms

• (possessing charm and attractive): beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
• (of the weather): clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
• (well executed): excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
• (ironic: how unfortunate): great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as bloody, damned or just)
• See also Thesaurus:beautiful

Antonyms

• (possessing charm and attractive): grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful
• (of the weather): bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
• (well executed): average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak

Derived terms

Related terms

• beauty
  • See also Thesaurus:beautiful woman

Translations

Noun

beautiful (plural beautifuls)

1. Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.