"heng ah" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "幸啊",
        "tr": "hēng--a"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 幸啊 (hēng--a)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-tws",
        "3": "興啊",
        "tr": "hêng¹ a⁷"
      },
      "expansion": "Teochew 興啊 /兴啊 (hêng¹ a⁷)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hokkien 幸啊 (hēng--a) or Teochew 興啊 /兴啊 (hêng¹ a⁷); analysable as heng (“lucky”) + ah (used for emphasis).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "heng ah",
      "name": "en-interjection"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malaysian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Manglish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Singapore English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Singlish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 January 6, Victor Yek, Abyss (ebook), →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Heng ah,\" Tan sighed. \"Nightmare only.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 24, Kirsten Han, “#31: Heng ah, I haven't kena defamation. (Not yet.)”, in wethecitizens.net:",
          "text": "Political succession in Singapore is clear as mud but the People’s Action Party have announced the office-bearers in their central executive committee. […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 21, Lester Wong, quoting Jimmy Goh, “Wet market seafood online orders delivered to your doorstep, thankfully fresh”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 2024-03-25:",
          "text": "\"We called it Tankfully Fresh because it's the feeling we want our customers to have when they open their package, like 'heng ah, it's fresh',\" said Mr Goh, using the Hokkien term for thankfully or luckily.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Phew!, thank goodness; expressing relief, e.g., when an extremely unlucky outcome has been avoided."
      ],
      "id": "en-heng_ah-en-intj-vk1JJE0j",
      "links": [
        [
          "Phew",
          "phew#English"
        ],
        [
          "thank goodness",
          "thank goodness"
        ],
        [
          "relief",
          "relief#English"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Manglish, Singlish) Phew!, thank goodness; expressing relief, e.g., when an extremely unlucky outcome has been avoided."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈheŋ˦ ɑː(˧˨)/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "heng ah"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "幸啊",
        "tr": "hēng--a"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 幸啊 (hēng--a)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-tws",
        "3": "興啊",
        "tr": "hêng¹ a⁷"
      },
      "expansion": "Teochew 興啊 /兴啊 (hêng¹ a⁷)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hokkien 幸啊 (hēng--a) or Teochew 興啊 /兴啊 (hêng¹ a⁷); analysable as heng (“lucky”) + ah (used for emphasis).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "heng ah",
      "name": "en-interjection"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
        "English terms borrowed from Teochew",
        "English terms derived from Hokkien",
        "English terms derived from Teochew",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Malaysian English",
        "Manglish",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Singapore English",
        "Singlish"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 January 6, Victor Yek, Abyss (ebook), →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Heng ah,\" Tan sighed. \"Nightmare only.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 24, Kirsten Han, “#31: Heng ah, I haven't kena defamation. (Not yet.)”, in wethecitizens.net:",
          "text": "Political succession in Singapore is clear as mud but the People’s Action Party have announced the office-bearers in their central executive committee. […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 21, Lester Wong, quoting Jimmy Goh, “Wet market seafood online orders delivered to your doorstep, thankfully fresh”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 2024-03-25:",
          "text": "\"We called it Tankfully Fresh because it's the feeling we want our customers to have when they open their package, like 'heng ah, it's fresh',\" said Mr Goh, using the Hokkien term for thankfully or luckily.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Phew!, thank goodness; expressing relief, e.g., when an extremely unlucky outcome has been avoided."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Phew",
          "phew#English"
        ],
        [
          "thank goodness",
          "thank goodness"
        ],
        [
          "relief",
          "relief#English"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Manglish, Singlish) Phew!, thank goodness; expressing relief, e.g., when an extremely unlucky outcome has been avoided."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈheŋ˦ ɑː(˧˨)/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "heng ah"
}