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/Phonemic		ชั่ง d͡ʑ ạ ˋ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	châng
	Royal Institute	chang
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰaŋ˥˩/(R)
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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