NG - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"

Translingual

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Symbol

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NG

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Nigeria. Synonym: NGA (alpha-3)

English

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Etymology

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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

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NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
2. Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup. Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
4. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

[edit] (petrochemistry) natural gas

French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

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NG (not comparable)

1. Not OK. Initialism of no good. Synonym: 🆖 Hyponym: NFG
2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

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NG

1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
2. Initialism of National Geographic.

Anagrams

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• gn, gn., GN

Chinese

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Etymology

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From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (“no good”).

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin (Pinyin): ēnjī (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄐㄧ
• Cantonese (Jyutping): en1 zi1

• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
    • Jyutping: en1 zi1
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en1 dzi1
    • Sinological IPA (key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

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NG

1. (film, television) outtake; blooper
2. (education) new graduates; fresh grad

Verb

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NG

1. (film, television) to have an outtake or a blooper

Esperanto

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Phrase

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NG

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) initialism of ne gravas (“it doesn't matter, it's not important”)

Japanese

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Etymology

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Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

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• (Tokyo) エヌジー [ènújíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA(key): [e̞nɯ̟ʑiː]

Noun

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NG(エヌジー) • (enujī) 

1. not OK
2. (film, television) outtake; blooper
3. (manufacturing) a defective product Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)

Antonyms

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• OK (OK)

Derived terms

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• N(エヌ)G(ジー)ワード (enujī wādo)

See also

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• エヌ (enu)
• ジー (jī)

References

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1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. ^ 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

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Etymology

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Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [e̞ɲd͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [엔지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	enji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	enji
McCune–Reischauer?	enji
Yale Romanization?	eyn.ci

Noun

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NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

1. (film, television) a blooper
2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

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• (manufacturing) 불량품 (不良品, bullyangpum)

Antonyms

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• (manufacturing) OK (okei)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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See Ng.

Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng, Baybayin equivalent ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng, Baybayin equivalent ᜅ)

1. alternative spelling of Ng