different between whang vs chang

English

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare wang.

Verb

whang (third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)

1. (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
2. (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
   • 1993, Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (illustrator), The Fields of Home, page 31:

     I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.

3. (US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.

   I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

4. (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.

Noun

whang (plural whangs)

1. (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
2. (Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
3. (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.

Etymology 2

Debuccalized (/?w/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

Alternative forms

• wang

Pronunciation

Noun

whang (plural whangs)

1. (Britain, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
2. (slang) A penis.

See also

• whangee

Anagrams

• Hwang

English

Alternative forms

• çeng

Etymology

From Persian ????

Noun

chang (plural changs)

1. (often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

See also

• Chang (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ganch

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??ã??]

Suffix

chang(???) • (-chan) 

1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of ??? (-chan)

Mandarin

Romanization

chang

1. Nonstandard spelling of ch?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cháng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ch?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chàng.

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.

Mapudungun

Noun

chang (using Unified Alphabet)

1. (anatomy) leg

Romani

Alternative forms

• ?ang

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ???? (?a?ka, “leg, shank”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??a??/

Noun

chang f (plural changa)

1. (anatomy) leg
2. knee