How do you pronounce the last name ng?

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Jared

ing

doug4jets

ING

me_onlyz

For Chinese, it is pronounced close to the word "urn".

Tai

ng for No Good.
No, it is "n" in Cantonese, but "wu" in Mandarin.

bobbie

In Canada it's pronounced "ing" like the end of a present progressive..hah
not sure about the chinese one though.

Artem

It's cantonese for "wu"

Nathan

Ning, or in some other languages such as Cantonese, Wu.
In vietnamese I believe its pronouces "nu"

cooltronix

No good answered yet? Let me try...

The sound does not exist in English as an initial sound, however, it does exist as ending sound.

RANG (with the RI and without the hard G )

It's more like the N sound in RANG, but with a very silent G, formed in your throat.

That how it's pronounced in proper Cantonese. In other communities it's sure different as they will have problems with that sound.

The throat part of the NG sound is often obmitted by nativ cantonese speaker. Example, NGAU (Beef) becomes often AU. NGOH (I) become OH.

chesney c

try this "earn" or "urn"

jennifer h

ng is used in maori as well you put the back of your tongue to the back of the roof of your mouth front of the tongue stays down mouth slightly open make a humming sort of sound and let it go . but really it's a sound thing that can't be explained really with letters when you let the tongue down with sound at the end is an i not eye sound

We are not terrorists يا عيني

It is pronounced ŋ̩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Danny !~

In cantonese "NG" is quite a common surname

The mandarin equivalent would be "Wu", which has a completely different pronunciation

In cantonese, NG is pronounced as a nasal sound. no vowel or whatsoever, so it's difficult to describe. U hear it once and u'll know. So, find a cantonese, and ask him to pronounce lol~

Joriental

You mean Min nan or Southern Fujian, or Hokkien name 黄 Ng , right?

Hokkien people in Singapore know how to explain in English. Visit Singapore section, as well.

eaglecpo

Ask the person named Ng.

Yeah Sure

This is known as a Velar nasal. Say “Ring”, and hold the final sound. Note that we don’t say rin-g, it’s just “ring”. There’s no real “g” to it. When you hold that sound, you’ll feel air going out your nose, just like when you hold an “N”, and you’ll feel your tongue pressed against the back of the roof of your mouth.

Sam D

ning

Neville

Ning

welcome.electrics

easy its ng!

I reckon like "in" without the I.
So just an N sound lol.
But I'm just guessing ;]

tamil..from vellore

super question.. ok.. i wil pronounce as king or ring.

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