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peng.

A legendary enormous bird.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛŋ/
  1. A legendary enormous bird.

    Chinese
Where this word comes from

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).

adj[p˭eŋ(˦)]Singapore[p˭ɪŋ(˦)]Singapore
  1. Iced; with ice added.

    Manglish · Singlish · attributive · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

adj/pɛŋ/
  1. Physically or sexually attractive.

    Multicultural-London-English
  2. Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

    Multicultural-London-English
Where this word comes from

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include: * From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”). * From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute. * From Cantonese 又平又靚 /又平又靓 (jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³, “cheap and also good quality”), see also 平靚正 /平靓正 (peng⁴ leng³ zeng³, “low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in major Chinatowns.

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