How Do You Spell GUHNG?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈuːŋ] (IPA)

The word "guhng" is often spelled as "gung" and pronounced as /ɡʌŋ/ in English. The IPA phonetic transcription shows that the first letter "g" is pronounced as a voiced velar stop while the rest of the letters form a nasal vowel. This word is derived from the Cantonese word "功" meaning "work" or "merit." In Cantonese, the word is pronounced as /kʊŋ/ which does not align with the English spelling. Therefore, the spelling of "gung" in English is an approximation of the Cantonese pronunciation.