different between shend vs sheng

English

Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from Old English s?endan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English s?and (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

1. (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.
   • c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II

     Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?

2. (archaic) To blame.
3. (archaic) To destroy; to spoil.
4. (archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Conjugation

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:shend.

Derived terms

• shendship

Anagrams

• Dehns, hends

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (sh?ng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/, (anglicized) /???/

Noun

sheng (plural shengs)

1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

Translations

Anagrams

• Enghs, Engsh, Hengs

French

Noun

sheng m (plural shengs)

1. sheng

Mandarin

Romanization

sheng

1. Nonstandard spelling of sh?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shéng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sh?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shèng.

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.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

sheng (n class, plural sheng)

1. (Sheng) Alternative letter-case form of Sheng