ចង់

See also: ចង and ចុង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចង់ cṅ´ WT romanisation cɑng (standard) IPA(key) /cɑŋ/

Verb

ចង់ • (cɑng) (abstract noun ការចង់)

1. to want, wish, desire, covet (to do something)

   បងចង់ទៅជាមួយខ្ញុំទេ  ―  bɑɑng cɑng tɨw ciə muəy khñom tei  ―  Do you want to go with me?

2. to need
3. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl)
4. to approach, draw near
5. about to (do something), on the brink of, on the point of (doing something)

   ខ្ញុំចង់អង្គុយ.

   khñom cɑng ʼɑngkuy

   I’m about to sit down.

Derived terms

• ចង់បាន (cɑngbaan)

See also

• ត្រូវការ (trəw kaa)

Conjunction

ចង់ • (cɑng)

1. even if

Affixed forms

• ចំណង់ (cɑmnɑng)
• ផ្ចង់ (phcɑng)