เฮง

Thai

Etymology

From Hokkien 幸 (hēng, “lucky; fortunate”) or Hokkien 興／兴 (heng, “to rise; prosperous; flourishing”) or Teochew 興／兴 (heng, “to rise; prosperous; flourishing”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เฮง e ɦ ŋ
Phonemic {Short}		เฮ็ง e ɦ ˘ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	heng
	Royal Institute	heng
(standard) IPA^(key)		/heŋ˧/^(R)

Adjective

เฮง • (heng) (abstract noun ความเฮง)

(colloquial) lucky; fortunate; successful; promising; propitious; prosperous.

Derived terms

เฮงซวย (heng-suai)

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