ชิง

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Southern Thai

Noun

ชิง (transliteration needed)

  1. Licuala palms

Thai

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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, 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 taken 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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Proper noun

ชิง (ching)

  1. Qing.