แข่ง

See also: แข้ง and แข็ง

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ແຂ່ງ (khǣng), Khün ᨡᩮ᩠᩵ᨦ, and Shan ၶဵင်ႇ (khàeng). Compare Middle Chinese 競 (MC gjaengH, “to compete”)

Pronunciation

Orthographicแข่ง
æ kʰ ˋ ŋ
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
แข็่ง
æ kʰ ˘ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̀ng
Royal Institutekhaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɛŋ˨˩/(R)

Verb

แข่ง • (kɛ̀ng) (abstract noun การแข่ง)

  1. to compete; to race; to contend with; to strive for; to vie.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “แข่ง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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