See also: ชง

Southern Thai

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Noun

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ชิง (transliteration needed)

  1. Licuala palms

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชิง
d͡ʑ i ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonching
Royal Instituteching
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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Compare Middle Chinese (MC tsreang). Cognate with Lao ຊີງ (sīng), Khün ᨩᩥ᩠ᨦ, Shan ၸိင်း (tsíng), and Ahom 𑜋𑜢𑜂𑜫 (chiṅ).

Verb

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ชิง (ching) (abstract noun การชิง)

  1. to contend, to contest, to compete; to strive, to struggle.
    ชิงรางวัล
    ching raang-wan
    to contend for a prize
    ชิงตำแหน่งประธานาธิบดี
    ching dtam-nɛ̀ng bprà-taa-naa-típ-bɔɔ-dii
    to run for president
    (literally) to vie for the position of president
  2. (auxiliary) to do (before or ahead of another person, an event, etc).
    ชิงฆ่าตัวตายก่อนถูกจับ
    ching kâa-dtuua-dtaai gɔ̀ɔn tùuk jàp
    to commit suicide before being arrested
  3. to seize: to take by force or without legal right.
    ชิงราชสมบัติ
    ching râat-chá-sǒm-bàt
    to seize the throne; to usurp the throne
    • 2019 November 4, “ชิงตัว ๓ ผู้ต้องหากลางศาลพัทยา”, in กรุงเทพธุรกิจ[1], Bangkok: กรุงเทพธุรกิจ, retrieved 2020-01-19:
      ชิงตัว ผู้ต้องหากลางศาลพัทยา
      ching dtuua · sǎam · pûu-dtɔ̂ng-hǎa glaang sǎan pát-tá-yaa
      Three alleged offenders taken away from Phatthaya court
      (literally) The persons of three alleged offenders [have been] taken [away] in the middle of the Phatthaya court.
  4. (law) to rob: to take by unlawful force or threat of violence.
  5. to rob, to steal, to take by theft; to kidnap, to abduct.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Mandarin (qīng), from 清朝 (Qīngcháo).

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Proper noun

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ชิง (ching)

  1. Qing.