# gong
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɡɒŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /ɡɔŋ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɡɑŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋ

### Etymology 1

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

gong (plural gongs)
* (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
* (British, slang) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor..
** 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 114:This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 92 "hereditary peers" in the House of Lords: individuals who are gifted a right to sit in the nation's upper chamber and facilitate laws for no other reason than that their ancestor was the illegitimate child of some prince, or willing to spaff a few quid on the title when David Lloyd Gorge was selling of gongs for bribes.
* A metal target that emits a sound when it has been hit.

##### Derived terms

* gong bath
* gonglike
* gongman
* gong show
* gongster
* nipple gong
* slit-gong

##### Translations
#### Verb

gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)
* (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
** 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft:Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
* (transitive) To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
** To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
*** 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode:As she was gonged, host Daryl Somers swept rapidly across and salvaged an embarrassing situation by putting his arm around her and asking her whether she had children.
** To warn.
    The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
* (British, slang, transitive) To give an award or medal to.
** 1997, Peter Stone, The Lady and the President, page 147:In 1972 he was awarded the British Red Cross Silver Medal for his services to the Red Cross. In 1978 he was 'gonged' once again, this time with the Queen's Jubilee Medal, marking the 25th year of her reign.

#### References

* The Gong Show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”), derived from the verb gangan (“to go, walk, travel”), whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear. Doublet of gang.

#### Noun

gong (plural gongs)
* (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
** c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:
    Þaða he to gange com.
** c. 1400, The Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iii, p. 125:
    I knoweleche to the that ther nys no goonge more stynkynge thenne my soule is.
** a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce, volume II, page xxxii:The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.
** a. 1577, George Gascoigne, Grief of Joye, Vol. II, § lxii:A stately Toye, a preciows peece of pellfe, A gorgeous gong, a worthles painted wall...
* (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

##### Alternative forms

* gang, gonge, goonge, goung, gounge, gung, gunge

##### Synonyms

* (outhouse): gonghouse; see also Thesaurus:outhouse
* (feces): See Thesaurus:feces

##### Derived terms

* gong farmer, gong-farmer
* gong-fayer
* gong-fower
* gong-hole
* gong-house
* gong-man
* gongpit, gong-pit
* gong scourer
* gong-thurl

### Etymology 3

From Mandarin 功 (gōng, “merit; achievement”).

#### Noun

gong (uncountable)
* (uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
* (uncountable) An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.

#### References

* ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.
* ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, n."
* ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, v.¹" & "go, v."

### See also

* gong bao
* qi gong

## Drung
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”).

### Noun

gong
* back
* body
* health

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɔŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gong
* Rhymes: -ɔŋ

### Noun

gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)
* gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gong m (plural gongs)
* gong

#### Derived terms

* sauvé par le gong

### Further reading

* “gong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Noun

gong (plural gong-gong)
* (music) a large gong

## Jingpho
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”).

### Noun

gong
* physical body

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoŋ/
* Rhymes: -oŋ

### Etymology 1

From Classical Malay [script needed] (gong), from Javanese gong.

#### Noun

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ, plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)
* (music) a gong
* (onomatopoeia) the sound a gong makes.

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ, plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)
* (botany) Helicia petiolaris
    Synonym: putat tepi
* (botany) Xerospermum laevigatum
    Synonym: rambutan pacat

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ)
* (obsolete) a bit crazy
    Synonym: gila
    Antonym: waras
* (obsolete) stupid
    Synonyms: bodoh, bebal, tolol
    Antonyms: pandai, bijak

### Further reading

* “gong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

gong
* Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
* Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
* Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mangas
### Etymology

Cognate with Warji gung, Polci goŋ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡòŋ/

### Noun

gong
* chief, king, ruler

### References

* Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* gang, gonge, goonge

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, form Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Compare gangen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡanɡ/, /ɡaːnɡ/, /ɡɔnɡ/, /ɡɔːnɡ/

### Noun

gong (plural gonges)
* An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory.
* (Northern) A group or set of items.
* (chiefly Northern, uncommon) A walk; a journey, especially by foot.
* (Northern, rare) A gait; the way one walks.
* (poetic, rare) A band or company of armed men.

#### Descendants

* English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
* Scots: gang, gaung, ging
    Northeastern: dyang, gyang

### References

* “gā̆ng, gō̆ng, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Malay gong.

### Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)
* (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

#### Synonyms

* gongong

### References

* “gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔŋː/

### Etymology 1

From the verb gå.

#### Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger or gongar, definite plural gongene or gongane)
* time
    Kor mange gonger hende det?How many times did it happen?

##### See also

* gang (Bokmål)

### Etymology 2

From Malay gong.

#### Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)
* (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

##### Synonyms

* gongong

### References

* “gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Noun

gong m
* Alternative form of gang

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔŋk
* Syllabification: gong

### Noun

gong m inan
* gong (percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer)
* sound made by the gong

#### Declension
### Noun

gong m animal
* (colloquial) fist blow
    Hypernym: cios

#### Declension
### Further reading

* gong in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gong in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* gong in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gong.

### Noun

gong n (plural gonguri)
* gong

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* gongo

### Etymology

From Malay gong.

### Noun

gong m (plural gongs)
* gong

#### See also

* batintín

### Further reading

* “gong”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Zou
### Adjective

gong
* thin

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf