ขิง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ขิง kʰ i ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kǐng
	Royal Institute	khing
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰiŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥑᥤᥒᥴ (xíng), Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl, Zhuang hing, Zuojiang Zhuang hing. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”), Proto-Hlai *kʰɯːŋ (“ginger”).

Noun

ขิง • (kǐng) (classifier หัว or แง่ง)

1. ginger.

Etymology 2

From mistyping of จิง (jing), an eye dialect spelling of จริง (jing, “truly; really; indeed”).

Adverb

ขิง • (kǐng)

1. (slang, humorous, childish) very; extremely; truly; indeed.

   เมพขิง ๆ

   mêep kǐng kǐng

   Really smart!

Etymology 3

Believed to be a clipping of ซุยขี้ขิง (sui-kîi-kǐng), a spoonerism of สิงห์ขี้คุย (sǐng-kîi-kui, “boastful lion”).

Verb

ขิง • (kǐng) (abstract noun การขิง)

1. (slang, transitive or intransitive) to show off; to flex; to flaunt.