PONGYI Meaning of PONGYI in English nounalso phon·gyi or poon·ghie (ˈ)pōn|jē, (ˈ)pün-( -s )Etymology: Burmese phungyī, from phun glory + gyī great: a Buddhist priest of Burma Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012