ang

«ang» in Mova's school dictionary: a sound in Mandarin Chinese, as in «áng» (昂, to raise the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

fragment; Mandarin pinyin (áng / àng); Tagalog word (ang); surname (Ang)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Mandarin, pinyin) «ang» is a sound in Mandarin Chinese, as in «áng» (昂, to raise the head). It sounds like «ahng» to an English ear and is not an English word. tree →

2) (Tagalog) «Ang» is the Filipino word for «the». tree →

3) (a name) Ang is a surname in Southeast Asia, like the film director Ang Lee. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in language lessons on Chinese or Filipino, or as part of a name. It is a fragment, not an English word.

examples

• In pinyin, «ang» rhymes roughly with «long» without the l. tree →
• «Ang bahay» means «the house» in Tagalog. tree →
• Ang Lee is a famous film director. tree →
• Our Mandarin teacher practised «ang» and «an». tree →
• My friend's surname is Ang. tree →
• «Ang» on its own is not an English word. tree →

note

Not English. In pinyin, tone marks change the meaning; without them the word is unclear. As a name it takes a capital A.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ang» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.