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ชอบ

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชอบ
d͡ʑ ɒ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonchɔ̂ɔp
Royal Institutechop
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɔːp̚˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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Compare Khmer ឆប (chɑɑp). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨪᩬᨷ, Lao ຊອບ (sǭp).

Verb

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ชอบ (chɔ̂ɔp) (abstract noun การชอบ or ความชอบ)

  1. to like; to admire; to appreciate; to adore; to approve; to be in favour (of)
    คุณชอบอาหารไทยไหมคะ  ―  kun chɔ̂ɔp aa-hǎan tai mǎi ká  ―  Do you like Thai food? (female speaker)
    ผมชอบคุณครับ  ―  pǒm chɔ̂ɔp kun kráp  ―  I like you (formal, male speaker)
  2. (colloquial) to tend (to); to be likely (to); to be disposed (to)

Adverb

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ชอบ (chɔ̂ɔp) (abstract noun ความชอบ)

  1. (colloquial) often; frequently; habitually; as a tendency or habit.

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Appears to plausibly be a semantic extension of the "like" sense in Etymology 1. The same semantic association of "enjoy" with "similar" with a given root is found in English like. TDP considers this equivalent with Etymology 1 at any rate.”

Preposition

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ชอบ (chɔ̂ɔp)

  1. (somewhat archaic) in accordance (with); in line (with); in conformity (to).

Adjective

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ชอบ (chɔ̂ɔp) (abstract noun ความชอบ)

  1. (somewhat archaic) suitable; proper; appropriate; right; correct.
  2. (somewhat archaic) entitled; rightful; having a right or title.

Noun

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ชอบ (chɔ̂ɔp)

  1. goodness, merit, achievement, feat, or the like, especially one that deserves recognition or compensation.

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Further reading

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  • ชอบ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.