ชี้

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See also: ช, ชู, and ชู้

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชี้
d͡ʑ ī ˆ
RomanizationPaiboonchíi
Royal Institutechi
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiː˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɟiːꟲ (“to point”), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger; to point; to indicate”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩦ᩶, Lao ຊີ້ (sī), Lü ᦋᦲᧉ (tsii²), Tai Dam ꪋꪲ꫁, Shan ၸီႉ (tsḭ̂i), Ahom 𑜋𑜣 (chī), Nong Zhuang jix. Compare Vietnamese chỉ, chĩa.

Verb

ชี้ • (chíi) (abstract noun การชี้)

  1. to point: to direct something at, to, or upon something.
  2. (colloquial) to point out; to tell; to indicate.
  3. to identify; to verify (the identity of).
  4. to advise; to suggest; to recommend.
  5. (of way) to guide; to lead; to conduct.
  6. to stand; to erect.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

ชี้ • (chíi)

  1. (archaic) even: used in comparisons.[1]
    • C. 15th century, “โคลงยวนพ่าย”, in พจนานุกรมศัพท์วรรณคดีไทย สมัยอยุธยา โคลงยวนพ่าย, กรุงเทพฯ: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน, published 2001, →ISBN, page 106:
      ยาคนชี้เทพผู้ ไกรกรรดิ ก็ดี...
      yaa kon chíi têep pûu · grai gan · gɔ̂ɔ-dii ...
      Needless humans, even deities who are wise in eulogies...

References

  1. ^ ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน (2001) พจนานุกรมศัพท์วรรณคดีไทย สมัยอยุธยา โคลงยวนพ่าย (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน, →ISBN, page 106
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