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heng en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Blend of h + eng.

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

hooktop heng

heng en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /heŋ/ (Singapore)

Etymology

From Teochew 興 /兴 (hêng¹, “fortunate”) or Hokkien 幸 (hēng, “fortunate”). Compare Thai เฮง (heng), Khmer ហេង (heeng), Vietnamese hên.

Meanings

1. (Manglish, Singlish) Fortunate, lucky.
   • 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. 2022 April 26, Unregistered, “Roles in accenture singapore”, in Salary.sg Forums:
   • But Sunny very heng [lucky]... No damage on the driver's side. 2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 12, page 73:
   • Damn heng... The bus tire puncture right before my stop. Bad luck everyone else though. 2015 June 24, @BurgerBing, Twitter:

Forms

Deriveds

heng ah