เก๋ง

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Thai[edit]

Chinese pavilion, Nanhai Academy, Taiwan
traditional barges with canopies

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicเก๋ง
e k ˇ ŋ
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
เก็๋ง
e k ˘ ˇ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongěng
Royal Institutekeng
(standard) IPA(key)/keŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Teochew (gêng1, palace).

Noun[edit]

เก๋ง (gěng) (classifier หลัง)

  1. Chinese style pavilion.
  2. canopy (especially of a vehicle).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From clipping of รถเก๋ง (sedan, literally canopied car), from รถ (rót, car) + เก๋ง (gěng, “canopy”).

Noun[edit]

เก๋ง (gěng) (classifier คัน)

  1. (colloquial) sedan (car).