chong

be profound, be thorough, be careful [slang]

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

t͡ʃoŋ

Sound out chong letter by letter:

• cht͡ʃch as in 'chew'
• ooo as in 'go'
• ngŋng as in 'sing' (can start a word)

• Literally be vertical, this word is used to refer to one's intellect, as in chong tlhIngan SuvwI' (The Klingon warrior is profound---literally, The Klingon warrior is vertical; tlhIngan, Klingon; SuvwI', warrior). In its literal sense, this word is the opposite of SaS (be horizontal), and as a slang term, it is an opposite as well, as SaS is used to mean be shallow, superficial. It is most likely that chong took on its slang meaning because of the prior existence of SaS, which has been used as slang for a much longer time. An equivalent meaning may be expressed without slang by using a word such as Qubchu' (think perfectly, think clearly; Qub, think; -chu', perfectly, clearly), as in Qubchu' tlhIngan SuvwI' (The Klingon warrior thinks clearly). [KGT p.148]

chong yaS the officer is careful/profound; person is subj.

• Qub — think

KGT

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.