ขิง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ขิง kʰ i ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kǐng
	Royal Institute	khing
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰiŋ˩˩˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”), from Old Chinese 薑 (OC *kaŋ, “ginger”). Cognate with Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khing), Zhuang hing. There are also แกลง (glɛɛng) and แครง (krɛɛng) from the same Old Chinese that modify ขิง itself.

Noun

ขิง • (kǐng) (classifier หัว or แง่ง)

ginger.

Etymology 2

From mistyping of จิง (jing), an eye dialect spelling of จริง (jing, “truly; really; indeed”).

Adverb

ขิง • (kǐng)

(Internet slang) very; extremely; truly; indeed.
- เมพขิง ๆ
  mêep kǐng kǐng
  Really smart!

Etymology 3

Believed to be a clipping of ซุยขี้ขิง (sui-kîi-kǐng), a spoonerism of สิงห์ขี้คุย (sǐng-kîi-kui, “boastful lion”).

Verb

ขิง • (kǐng) (abstract noun การขิง)

(slang) to show off; to be showy.

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