Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heng

/heŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: heng
IPA: /heŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.

adj

Fortunate, lucky.

name

A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhengding, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

name

A former prefecture of imperial China around Quyang, Baoding, Hebei, China

name

A Chinese surname from Teochew.

name

A Chinese surname.

Example Sentences

"Damn heng... The bus tire puncture right before my stop. Bad luck everyone else though."
"But Sunny very heng [lucky]... No damage on the driver's side."
"Most Heng is join few month before June 2021. Your pay got adjusted to $4900 with all the new joiners in June + got 5k bonus."

Etymology

Blend of h + eng.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 興, 幸, 恆, -, 王, 邢

Inflected Forms

hengs (plural) more heng (comparative) most heng (superlative) Hing (alternative)

Phrases

hooktop heng heng ah

Rhymes With

ng eng feng cheng peng deng meng jeong zheng sheng seng teng

Questions

How do you pronounce heng?: The recorded pronunciation is /heŋ/.
What does heng mean?: The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.
Where does heng come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce heng

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