Thai

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tày cạng.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicค้าง
g ˆ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkáang
Royal Institutekhang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːŋ˦˥/(R)

Verb

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ค้าง (káang) (abstract noun การค้าง)

  1. (intransitive) to stay; to remain; to linger; to loiter.
  2. (intransitive) to hang; to hang up; to freeze.
  3. (intransitive) to stay overnight; to spend the night (at some place).
  4. (transitive) to pend (further process, performance, etc).
  5. (intransitive) to remain unfinished, undealt with, unsettled, or outstanding.
  6. (intransitive) to remain open or unclosed; to stay agape.

Derived terms

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