peng

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legendary enormous bird.
adj
  1. Iced; with ice added.
adj
  1. Physically or sexually attractive.
  2. Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.
name
  1. A surname from Mandarin.
noun
  1. Alternative form of P.Eng. (“professional engineer”).

Pronunciation

/pɛŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peng.wav [p˭eŋ(˦)] [p˭ɪŋ(˦)]

Word forms

peng pengs penger pengest pengers leng lengers kweng kwengers P'eng

Etymology

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).

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