ชั่ง
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɟaŋᴮ, probably from Middle Chinese 秤 (MC t͡ɕʰɨŋH, “scales”) or 稱 (MC t͡ɕʰɨŋ, t͡ɕʰɨŋH, “to weigh”). Cognate with Lao ຊັ່ງ (sang), Lü ᦋᧂᧈ (tsang1), Shan ၸင်ႈ (tsāng), Zhuang caengh.
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ชั่ง d͡ʑ ạ ˋ ŋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | châng |
Royal Institute | chang | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰaŋ˥˩/ |
Noun
ชั่ง • (châng)
- a traditional Thai unit of currency, equal to 80 บาท (bàat) or 20 ตำลึง (dtam-lʉng).
- a traditional Thai unit of volume, equal to 20 ตำลึง (dtam-lʉng) or 1,200 grams.
- a traditional Chinese unit of volume, equal to 600 grams.
Verb
ชั่ง • (châng) (abstract noun การชั่ง)
- to weigh.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ชั่งใจ
- ชั่งหลวง