Feng

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Shaanxi Province, China.
  2. 2
    A surname from Mandarin.

    "At the time Feng Yü-hsiang arrived in Pukow, Feng Kuo-chang had seemed to be gaining the upper hand over Tuan and his clique."

  3. 3
    A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.

    "In the movement to study the theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, the militia company of Lienfangszu production brigade under the Nanhsing commune in Feng county, Shensi Province, organized the militiamen to take part in class struggle in society, hit out at the sabotaging activities of the class enemies and criticized the tendency toward capitalism, revisionism and the doctrines[…]"

  4. 4
    An ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty. historical
  5. 5
    A surname from Mandarin.
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  1. 6
    A surname from Mandarin.
Noun
  1. 1
    The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”). alt-of, alternative

    "In China, the phoenix is known as the Feng-huang; in its "feng" aspect it is a male, solar sybol, while as "huang", it is a female and lunar, making it an embodiment of the union of yin and yang."

  3. 3
    A kind of Eurasian curry. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).

Etymology 2

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 馮 /冯 (Féng). Doublet of Fung and Phung.

Etymology 3

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鳳 /凤 (Fèng).

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