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# ang

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

«ang» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#m1)
2. (Tagalog) «Ang» is the Filipino word for «the». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#m2)
3. (a name) Ang is a surname in Southeast Asia, like the film director Ang Lee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x1)
- «Ang bahay» means «the house» in Tagalog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x2)
- Ang Lee is a famous film director. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x3)
- Our Mandarin teacher practised «ang» and «an». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x4)
- My friend's surname is Ang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x5)
- «Ang» on its own is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ang/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ang.html) on Mova free.