ชิงช้า

Thai

Etymology

Probably from Chinese 韆鞦／千秋 (“swing”) read as Cantonese cin1 cau1, Hakka qiên1 qiu1, or Min Nan chhian-chhiu.

Pronunciation
Orthographicชิงช้า
d͡ʑ i ŋ d͡ʑ ˆ ā
Phonemic
ชิง-ช้า
d͡ʑ i ŋ – d͡ʑ ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonching-cháa
Royal Instituteching-cha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiŋ˧.t͡ɕʰaː˦˥/(R)

Noun

ชิงช้า • (ching-cháa) (classifier อัน)

  1. swing (hanging seat).

Derived terms
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