ហេង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ហេង heṅ WT romanisation heeng (standard) IPA(key) /heːŋ/

Etymology 1

From Teochew 興／兴 (hêng1, “lucky”). Cognate with Thai เฮง (heng).

Adjective

ហេង • (heeng) (abstract noun ភាពហេង)

1. to be lucky, successful

Derived terms

• ហេងស៊យ (héngsôy)

Proper noun

ហេង • (heeng)

1. Heng, a surname

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 烘 (hang / hong).

Adjective

ហេង • (heeng) (abstract noun ភាពហេង)

1. (in a few compounds only) to be hot, burning

Derived terms

• ហេងហាង (heenghaang)
• ក្ដៅហេង (kdawheeng)