GG
Translingual
Symbol
GG
- The symbol for the gigagauss, a unit of magnetic field strength in the cgs system of units.
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guernsey since 2006.
- (UK, clothing) Bra cup size.
English
Alternative forms
- G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G (depending on the sense)
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /dʒiː dʒiː/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
GG (plural GGs)
- (politics) Initialism of governor general or governor-general.
- (linguistics) Initialism of generative grammar.
- (LGBTQ slang, offensive) Initialism of genetic girl or genuine girl.
- (slang, pornography) Initialism of girl/girl.
Interjection
GG
- (online gaming, slang) Initialism of good game; commonly used at the end of a gaming match; also sometimes used to end an argument.
- (slang) Initialism of good going; may be used genuinely or sarcastically.
Derived terms
Adjective
GG (not comparable)
- (Singapore, informal, colloquial) Likely to have an undesirable outcome, which one cannot change or escape from.
- 2007 March 7, Thomas Kwok, Camping Grounds 2.0, What a week, accessed on 2015-10-22:
- Physics test today was out of the world…Honestly I think I’m going to fail big time…I didn’t know I had to study statics! What’s the point in testing LAST year’s work? Like wtf lawl…So i think I flung that section…GG liao lor…
- 2010 November 18, QQfufa, Hardware Zone Singapore, Liverpool GG liao la, accessed on 2015-10-22:
- Liverpool GG liao la. Steven Jialat hamstring problem. Dirk Kuyt ankle problem. take west ham win this saturday.
- 2013 December 23, BBdotcom Enterprise, Facebook[1], retrieved 22 October 2015:
- GG liao.. I can't get in to my account liao ... Keep say someone inside...
- 2015 October 20, Kitaro9202, Hardware Zone Singapore, GG liao moi go Malaysia forgot off my data roaming, accessed on 2015-10-22:
- Gg liao moi go Malaysia forgot to off my data roaming Den i check singtel app saying 1mb data roaming = $25.
- 2007 March 7, Thomas Kwok, Camping Grounds 2.0, What a week, accessed on 2015-10-22:
Synonyms
Proper noun
GG
Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: gēge
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ˙ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gege̊
- Wade–Giles: ko1-ko5
- Yale: gē-ge
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge.ge
- Palladius: гэгэ (gɛgɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
- Homophones:
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哥哥
- (Standard Chinese)
Noun
GG
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English GG (“good game”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jìjì
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jìjì
- Wade–Giles: chi4-chi4
- Yale: jì-jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjih
- Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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GG
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
- Wade–Giles: chi1-chi1
- Yale: jī-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
- Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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雞雞 / 鸡鸡
GG
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jūjū
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyujyu
- Wade–Giles: chü1-chü1
- Yale: jyū-jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujiu
- Palladius: цзюйцзюй (czjujczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 zi1
- Yale: jī jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
GG
Derived terms
- G9G (Cantonese)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gūgou
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ˙ㄍㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gugo̊u
- Wade–Giles: ku1-kou5
- Yale: gū-gou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu.gou
- Palladius: гугоу (gugou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵ g̊oʊ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgē
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǔge
- Wade–Giles: ku3-ko1
- Yale: gǔ-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuge
- Palladius: гугэ (gugɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
GG
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
- Wade–Giles: chi1-chi1
- Yale: jī-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
- Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 唧唧
雞雞 / 鸡鸡
GG
- (Standard Chinese)
Noun
GG
French
Alternative forms
- G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒe.ʒe/
Audio: (file)
Noun
GG m (plural GG)
- (politics) abbreviation of gouverneur-générale (“governor-general”)
Noun
GG f (plural GG)
- (politics) abbreviation of gouverneure-générale (“female governor-general”)
German
Noun
GG
- (German VDP wine classification) initialism of Großes Gewächs
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdjidji/ [ˈd͡ʒiː.d͡ʒɪ]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjidji/ [ˈd̪jid̪.jɪ]
- Rhymes: -idji
Noun
GG (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)
- (colloquial) short for galunggong (“shortfin scad”)