different between xing vs ming

English

Alternative forms

• x-ing, Xing, X-ing

Etymology

From crossing, using X as abbreviation for cross.

Noun

xing (plural xings)

1. (US) Abbreviation of crossing.

   Railroad xing 200 feet ahead.

Usage notes

Primarily used on road signs – see road crossing. Compare with crossbuck symbol.

Mandarin

Romanization

xing

1. Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xíng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xìng.

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.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-Germanic *mangijan? (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ?emang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.

Alternative forms

• minge, meng

Verb

ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged or meint or ment)

1. (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
   • 1562, William Turner, Baths:

     I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof.

2. (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:

     the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].

3. (Britain, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

Synonyms

• (to mix): bemingle, combine, mang, meddle; see also Thesaurus:mix
• (to have sex): do it, get it on, meddle; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Noun

ming (plural mings)

1. Mixture.

Etymology 2

Backformation from minging.

Verb

ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)

1. (Britain, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
2. (Britain, slang) To be foul-smelling.

Related terms

• minger
• minging

Etymology 3

From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, mune?en, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ?emynegian (“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne (“mind”), from ?emunan (“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munan? (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ?emyndgian (“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.

Alternative forms

• minge

Verb

ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)

1. (transitive) To speak of; mention; tell; relate.
2. (intransitive) To speak; tell; talk; discourse.

Mandarin

Romanization

ming

1. Nonstandard spelling of m?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of míng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of m?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mìng.

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.

Scots

Noun

ming (plural mings)

1. smell

Uzbek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?/

Numeral

ming

1. thousand