ขิง(kĭng)
Meanings
1NounA2
ginger (rhizome; spice)
An aromatic, pungent rhizome (Zingiber officinale) used as a culinary spice and in traditional medicine.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ขิงkĭngขิงkĭng1ginger (rhizome; spice)2[to] roast; [to] flex (slang)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ต้มยำdtôm yamต้มยำdtôm yamtom yum (spicy-sour Thai soup)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitหอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3shallot; scallion (Thai usage)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appear
Mom adds ginger to the tom yum to make it more fragrant.
2VerbB2
[to] roast; [to] flex (slang)
Thai internet slang meaning to boast or show off, often playfully; also used to playfully mock or one-up someone in comments.
Examples
ลงรูปlong rôopลงรูปlong rôop[to] post a pictureบ้านใหม่bâan màiบ้านใหม่bâan màinew house/homeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’ขิงkĭngขิงkĭng1ginger (rhizome; spice)2[to] roast; [to] flex (slang)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)บอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngone's ownวิวwiuวิวwiu1view; scenery2view (online count)ดีกว่าdee gwàaดีกว่าdee gwàa1better; preferable (comparative of 'ดี')2had better; would rather (suggestion/decision)อีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)
After I posted my new house, friends came to boast playfully, saying theirs had an even better view.