ဆန့်ကျင်

Burmese

Etymology

ဆန့် (hcan., “to stretch out, extend, be distant”) +‎ ကျင် (kyang, “to be adept in”), with apparent semantic shift "far away" > "polar opposition".

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဆန့်ကျင်, ဆန့်ဂျင်
  • IPA(key): /sʰa̰ɴt͡ɕɪ̀ɴ/, /sʰa̰ɴd͡ʑɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcan.kyang • ALA-LC: chanʻʹkyaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsan.kyin/hsan.gyin • Okell: hsáñciñ/hsáñciñ

Verb

ဆန့်ကျင် • (hcan.kyang)

  1. to oppose, be against, contradict, be contrary, be adverse

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ဆန့်ကျင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “ဆန့်; ဆန့်ကျင်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 403.
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