English

Noun

1. : Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
2. A heap or pile, such as a slag heap.

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

bing

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, bīng, bǐng, or bìng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Bing may mean:

• Bada Bing aka BiNG! graffiti writer based in Miami, Florida.
• bing Technologies (company)
• Bing (company)
• Bing (soft drink)
• Bing (surname)
• Bing (Chinese flatbread)
• Bing cherry, variety of cherry
• Bing (mining), Scottish term for mine tailings
• Bing, (British) agricultural dialect term for area where feed, especially hay, is stored before being shaken out into livestock's rack/ trough.
• Bing (program), a Unix program to measure network throughput between two hosts
• Twin Bing, a cherry nougat candy bar
• Bada Bing, a fictional mob-controlled go-go bar where mobster Tony Soprano conducts business on the HBO TV show The Sopranos

People:

• Bing Crosby, American singer
• Brett Lee, Australian cricketer nicknamed "Bing"
• Chandler Bing, a fictional character from the American sitcom, Friends.
• Dave Bing, former professional Basketball player
• Jonathan Bing, a New York Assemblyman
• RH Bing, topologist
• Steve Bing, American real estate developer, film producer, and philanthropist.
• Samuel Bing, an art nouveau dealer.

As an abbreviation:

• Barbershop in Germany (BinG), the German barbershop music organization
• Binghamton University
• The city of Binghamton, NY

See also:

• Byng (disambiguation)