Where does “NG” come from?
NG (Chinese) comes from Japanese NG, from English NG, from Chinese 吳.
Ancestry of “NG”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | NG | not OK; a blooper; a defective product |
| 2 | English | NG | Initialism of natural gas; Initialism of... |
| 3 | Chinese | 吳 | — |