feng

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
noun
  1. Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”).
noun
  1. A kind of Eurasian curry.
name
  1. A river in Shaanxi Province, China.
  2. An ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty.
  3. A surname from Mandarin.
name
  1. A surname from Mandarin.
name
  1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
  2. A surname from Mandarin.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɛŋ/ [ˈfɛŋ] fǔng

Word forms

feng fengs

Etymology

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).

Synonyms

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