P'engとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mandarin 彭 (Péng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng².

固有名詞

P'eng

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 1966, John E. Rue, “The General Front Committee”, in Mao Tse-tung in Opposition, 1927-1935‎^[1], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 215:

     In the meantime, P'eng's Third Army Corps had captured Ch'angsha on July 29 and proclaimed a soviet government of three provinces (Kiangsi, Hunan, かつ Hupeh), with Li Li-san as its chairman in absentia.

   • 1977, Roy, Jr. Hofheinz, “Origins of a Revolution: P’eng P’ai in Haifeng, 1922-1924”, in The Broken Wave: The Chinese Communist Peasant Movement, 1922-1928‎^[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 149‎^[3]:

     Lin P’ei's mother warned him that though P’eng P’ai had no need to fear starvation, the Lin family was not so fortunate. P’eng claims that he bought some time against this threat by a Tom Sawyeresque ruse.

   • 1980, Shu-tse P’eng, Leslie Evans, editor, The Chinese Communist Party in Power‎^[4], New York: Monad Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 8:

     P’eng Shu-tse lived through these tumultuous events, and, during a great part of them, not as a spectator but as a political leader and strategist of the working-class movement.

   • 1983, C. Martin Wilbur, “The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923-28”, in John K. Fairbank, editor, The Cambridge History of China‎^[5], volume 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 543–544:

     P’eng P’ai was able to return to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.

   • 2016, Elliott Liu, “The Turn to the Countryside”, in Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction‎^[6], PM Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 14:

     Gradually Mao’s military forces, and his prestige in the CCP, began to grow. First a column of CCP soldiers led by Chu Teh, then a rebel KMT unit led by P’eng Te-Huai, and finally two bandit gangs merged with Mao’s forces.

   • 2017, Ellie Terry, “Passing the Time”, in Forget Me Not‎^[7], 1st edition (Poetry), New York: Feiwel and Friends, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 198–199:

     "Calli, hon, it's Mrs. P’eng."
     I smooth my hair,
     swing the door open,
     find
     Mrs. P’eng,
     her rounded belly,
     and Jinsong. […]
     Mrs. P’eng asks if I'm feeling better,
     says they're headed
     to the county fair
     and wouldn't I like to come?

発音

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

名詞

peng (複数形 pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

   Synonym: roc

語源 2

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

発音

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [peŋ(˦)]

形容詞

peng (not comparable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish, chiefly attributive, of a drink) Iced; with ice added.
   • 1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Gimme two laksa, one milo peng!

   • 1992 August 4, Beng Ting, “Malaysian food”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Mamak, give me a "capati", extra large, bawang banyak-banyak; one ice kacang, two milo peng, tiga teh tarik...

   • 2005 May 14, Ir. Liew, “Re: XX Pc User 2 - usb2COM.jpg”, in tmnet.communities (Usenet):

     *sputters kopi peng across monitor screen*

   • 2018 August, Trisha N, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, in The Star‎^[1], →OCLC:

     I make various types of hot and cold drinks but the most popular is my kopi peng.

使用する際の注意点

• Always postpositive, as in teh tarik peng ("iced teh tarik").

語源 3

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

• From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).^[1]
• From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.^[1]
• From Cantonese 又平又靚／又平又靓 (jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³, “cheap かつ 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. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

別の表記

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

発音

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

形容詞

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (chiefly MTE, MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot; see also Thesaurus:attractive, Thesaurus:sexy

   • 2011, “Bulldozers”, in Ancient Future, performed by Cyrus Malachi:

     Spread your chick like a centrefold / 'Cause she's penger than a scented rose.

   • 2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:

     I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

   • 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎^[2]performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:

     I see a peng girl, then I pose (chillin') / If she ain't on it, I ghost

   • 2020 October 23, Triggy (lyrics かつ music), “Po’style”, 1:57–02:01:

     Look at the decors, hello, hola, who is that lengers?

   • 2021 February 2, #CHR​ W2rksy x DB (lyrics かつ music), “No Cap”, 1:13–1:16 and 1:59–2:08:

     I need me a big bat one, that’s a leng ting […]
     Baby, baby, hold it down, why not waste, back side brown, no panties under that gown, golden brown, peng, leng, hold that skeng, bad b come link me a ten

   • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane:

     Dom (David Jonsson): You know, you're very—
     Yas (Vivian Oparah): Peng? Refreshingly disarming?
     Dom: You ask a lot of questions.

2. (chiefly MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

   • 2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[3]:

     It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.

   • 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:

     I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!

   • 2018 November 12, DigDat (lyrics かつ music), “Air Force (Remix)”‎^[4] ft. K Trap, Krept, and Konan:

     I just hit two cells with my right hand
     Peng bujj got my fiends all coughing

派生語

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

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