hong

From Cantonese 行 (hong4, “trade, business”).

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

hong (plural hongs)

1. a foreign trading company in China

• Gohn

hong m

1. h-prothesized form of ong

hong

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Akin to Finnish honka.

hong

1. forest pine

hong

1. Nonstandard spelling of hōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǒng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hòng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Japanese 本 (hon).

hong

1. book

hong

1. forest pine

Compare Chinese 烘, Thai แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˧]

hong (𣈞, 𤈤)

1. to dry (in the wind, sun, or near the fire)

Compare Mandarin 工 (gōng).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hoːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hong¹
• Hyphenation: hong

hong (old orthography hoŋ)

1. work; labor.

• goeng