NG

See also: -ng, -ոց, .ng, ng, Ng, ng̃, and Ng̃

🆖	U+1F196, 🆖 SQUARED NG

← 🆕
[U+1F195]

Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement

🆗 →
[U+1F197]

Translingual

Symbol

NG

The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Nigeria.

English

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

(petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
Initialism of nitroglycerin.
(Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

Initialism of nasogastric.
(Internet slang) Initialism of no good.

Proper noun

NG

(Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēnjī

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄐㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ēnjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enji
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Noun

NG

(film, television) blooper

Verb

NG

(film, television) to have a blooper

Esperanto

Initialism

NG

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

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) エヌジー [ènújíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [e̞nɯ̟ᵝʑiː]

Noun

NG (katakana エヌジー, rōmaji enujī)

not OK
(film, television) a blooper
(manufacturing) a defective product

Synonyms

(industry) 不 (ふ)良 (りょう)品 (ひん) (furyōhin)

Antonyms

OK

Derived terms

NG (エヌジー)ワード (enujī wādo)

Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[e̞nd͡ʑi]
Phonetic Hangul[엔지]

Revised Romanization^?	enji
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	enji
McCune–Reischauer^?	enji
Yale Romanization^?	eynci

Noun

NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

(film, television) a blooper
(manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

불량품 (bullyangpum) (manufacturing)

Antonyms

OK () (manufacturing)

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