heng

noun, adj — 2 senses

heng

noun

Etymology Blend of h + eng.

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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.

Derived terms: hooktop heng

heng

adj

Singapore /heŋ/

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

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Manglish, Singlish Fortunate, lucky.

Damn heng... The bus tire puncture right before my stop. Bad luck everyone else though.2015 June 24, @BurgerBing, Twitter:
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:

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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:

Derived terms: heng ah

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