See also: ชิว

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชั่ว
d͡ʑ ạ ˋ w
RomanizationPaiboonchûua
Royal Institutechua
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰua̯˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩ᩠ᩅᩫ᩵, Khün ᨩ᩠ᩅᩫ᩵, Lao ຊົ່ວ (sūa), ᦷᦋᧈ (tso¹), Shan ၸူဝ်ႈ (tsō), Phake ꩡုဝ် (cuw), Ahom 𑜋𑜥 (chū).

Noun

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ชั่ว (chûua)

  1. time, occasion; period, period of time, duration; length.

Preposition

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ชั่ว (chûua)

  1. (of a time, period of time, length, etc) for; throughout; during; over; as long as.
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Etymology 2

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Compare Middle Chinese (MC tshuH, “wrong; bad”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩ᩠ᩅᩫ᩵, Khün ᨩ᩠ᩅᩫ᩵, Lao ຊົ່ວ (sūa), ᦷᦌᧈ (so¹).

Adjective

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ชั่ว (chûua) (abstract noun ความชั่ว)

  1. bad, evil, wicked; base, low, mean; ill, objectionable, unsatisfactory, poor, faulty; hostile, unkindly, unfavorable, adverse.
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