Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peng

/pɛŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
peng
IPA
/pɛŋ/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Iced; with ice added.

name

A surname from Mandarin.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, 鵬, kushempeng, 又平又靚

Inflected Forms

pengs (plural) penger (comparative) pengest (superlative) pengers (alternative) leng (alternative) lengers (alternative) kweng (alternative) kwengers (alternative) P'eng (alternative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce peng?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛŋ/.
What does peng mean?
A legendary enormous bird.
Where does peng come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce peng

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