- Ch'ung-ch'ing
- geographical name see Chongqing
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Ch'ung-ch'ing — /tʃʌŋ ˈtʃɪŋ/ (say chung ching) noun → Chongqing. Also, Chungking …
-ing — I aff. a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or its result, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing;… … From formal English to slang
-ing — als Althochdeutsch germanisches Suffix bezeichnet prinzipiell eine Zugehörigkeit zum vorhergehenden Wortteil; dieser kann der Name einer Person oder einer Ortschaft sein. In der Namenkunde stehen als Ableitungen: ing/e/n, in(c)k, ung/e/n, ongen,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
-ung — Suffix std. ( ), mhd. unge, ahd. unga neben ing , das in den anderen Sprachen überwiegt (ae. ing, anord. ing) Stammwort. Heute ausschließlich zur Bildung von Verbalabstrakta gebraucht (bestrafen Bestrafung), früher auch zur Bildung von Nomina… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
-ing — 1. [For OE. and, end, ind, AS. ende; akin to Goth. and , L. ant , ent , Gr. ?.] A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing. [1913 Webster] 2. [OE. ing, AS. ing, ung.] A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ing — [iŋ] [ME ing, yng, orig. end, and, ind < OE ende, suffix of prp. of verbs] suffix 1. forming the present participle of verbs [hearing, noticing] 2. [ME ing, yng < OE ung] forming verbal nouns: a) the act or an instance of (a specified verb) … English World dictionary
Ch'ung-ch'ing, Chungking — geographical name see Chongqing … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ing — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ung, ing, suffix forming nouns from verbs; akin to Old High German ung, suffix forming nouns from verbs 1. action or process < running > < sleeping > ; instance of an action or process … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ing — {{11}} ing (1) suffix attached to verbs to mean their action, result, product, material, etc., from O.E. ing, ung, from P.Gmc. *unga (Cf. O.N. ing, Du. ing, Ger. ung). Originally used to form nouns from verbs and to denote completed or habitual… … Etymology dictionary
-ing — ing1 a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or its result, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting) … Universalium