NG
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"
Translingual
Symbol
NG
English
Etymology
no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).
Noun
NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)
- (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
- Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
- (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
- Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
- (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.
Translations
Adjective
NG (not comparable)
- Not OK. Initialism of no good.
- Initialism of nasogastric.
Proper noun
NG
- (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
- Initialism of National Geographic.
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (“no good”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ēnjī
- Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: enji
- Wade–Giles: ên1-chi1
- Yale: ēn-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enji
- Palladius: эньцзи (enʹczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: en1 zi1
- Cantonese Pinyin: en1 dzi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
NG
Verb
NG
- (film, television) to have an outtake or a blooper
Esperanto
Phrase
NG
- (Internet slang, text messaging) initialism of ne gravas (“it doesn't matter, it's not important”)
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
NG • (enujī)
- not OK
- (film, television) outtake; blooper
- (manufacturing) a defective product
- Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- NGワード (enujī wādo)
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [e̞ɲd͡ʑi]
- Phonetic hangul: [엔지]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | enji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | enji |
McCune–Reischauer? | enji |
Yale Romanization? | eyn.ci |
Noun
NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)
- (film, television) a blooper
- (manufacturing) a defected product
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (manufacturing) OK (okei)
Tagalog
Etymology
See Ng.
Letter
NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)
- alternative spelling of Ng
Letter
NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜅ)
- alternative spelling of Ng