fing

See also: Fing, f***ing, f--ing, and fìŋ

English

Noun

fing (plural fings)

1. Pronunciation spelling of thing.
   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “Those rats deserve to die, disgustin’ little fings!”

Chinese

Etymology

Romanisation of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fing⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fing⁶
    • Yale: fihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɪŋ²²/

Verb

fing

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”)
   • 1989, 葛民輝, 馬氏家族血淚史:

     阿扁俾咗一支紅色一支黃色嘅旗仔俾老媽子，跟住就講嘞！：「我同佢你揀邊一個,如果你鐘意我嘅！你就對住我Fing呢枝紅色嘅旗仔，如果你揀佢呢！你就Fing黃色嘅旗仔啦！

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1991, “荷里活 [Hollywood]”, 呂明光 [Wan Kwong] (lyrics), 麥皓輪 [Mak Ho Lung] (music)‎^[1]:

     我標落去水一手拿住個波　FING上去水面佢捉住個波 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我标落去水一手拿住个波　FING上去水面佢捉住个波 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ biu¹ lok⁶ heoi³ seoi² jat¹ sau² naa⁴ zyu⁶ go³ bo¹, fang⁶ soeng⁵ heoi³ seoi² min^6-2 keoi⁵ zuk¹ zyu⁶ go³ bo¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

German

Alternative forms

• fieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋ/, (archaic) /fiːŋ/

• Audio:

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Verb

fing

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fangen

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *pᴕnɜ (“fart; let out a fart”) + -g.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡ

Noun

fing

1. (slang, vulgar) fart

   Synonyms: bélszél, fingás, szellentés

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fing	fingok
accusative	fingot	fingokat
dative	fingnak	fingoknak
instrumental	finggal	fingokkal
causal-final	fingért	fingokért
translative	finggá	fingokká
terminative	fingig	fingokig
essive-formal	fingként	fingokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fingban	fingokban
superessive	fingon	fingokon
adessive	fingnál	fingoknál
illative	fingba	fingokba
sublative	fingra	fingokra
allative	finghoz	fingokhoz
elative	fingból	fingokból
delative	fingról	fingokról
ablative	fingtól	fingoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fingé	fingoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fingéi	fingokéi

Possessive forms of fing
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fingom	fingjaim
2nd person sing.	fingod	fingjaid
3rd person sing.	fingja	fingjai
1st person plural	fingunk	fingjaink
2nd person plural	fingotok	fingjaitok
3rd person plural	fingjuk	fingjaik

Derived terms

• fingik

 

Further reading

• fing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• fing in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 星 (MC seng).

Noun

fing 

1. star

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian fingere, from Latin.

Verb

fing

1. to feign

Mizo

Adjective

fing

1. smart