ชั่ง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟaŋᴮ, probably from Middle Chinese 秤 (MC tsyhingH, “scales”) or 稱 (MC tsyhing|tsyhingH, “to weigh”). Cognate with Lao ຊັ່ງ (sang), Lü ᦋᧂᧈ (tsang¹), Shan ၸင်ႈ (tsāng), Zhuang caengh.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชั่ง
d͡ʑ ạ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonchâng
Royal Institutechang
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaŋ˥˩/(R)
Audio

Noun

ชั่ง • (châng)

  1. a traditional Thai unit of currency, equal to 80 บาท (bàat) or 20 ตำลึง (dtam-lʉng).
  2. a traditional Thai unit of volume, equal to 20 ตำลึง (dtam-lʉng) or 1,200 grams.
  3. a traditional Chinese unit of volume, equal to 600 grams.

Verb

ชั่ง • (châng) (abstract noun การชั่ง)

  1. to weigh.

Derived terms

  • ชั่งใจ
  • ชั่งหลวง
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