ရှင်

See also: -ရှင်, ရင်, ရှင့်, and ရောင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hrang • ALA-LC: rhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: shin • Okell: hyiñ

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ရှင် • (hrang)

1. (women's speech) you (singular, polite, used by females)

   ရှင်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်သလဲ။‎

   hrangnamanybhailuihkausa.lai:||‎

   What is your name?

Synonyms

• ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) (singular, polite, used by males)
• နင် (nang) (addressed to someone younger than the speaker)
• မင်း (mang:) (addressing peers or subordinates)

Derived terms

• ရှင့် (hrang.)
• ရှင်တို့ (hrangtui.)

See also

Burmese personal pronouns

Burmese	Person	Level of speech	Remarks
ငါ (nga)	First	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau)	First	Formal	used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.)	First	Formal	used by females
ကျွန်ုပ်	First	Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup)	First	Informal
နင် (nang)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:)	Second	Informal	used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau)	Second	Informal	used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)	Second	Formal	used by males
ရှင် (hrang)	Second	Formal	used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang)	Second	Formal
သူ (su)	Third
သင်း (sang:)	Third
ချင်း (hkyang:)	Third

Particle

ရှင် • (hrang)

1. (women's speech) sir, madam

Usage notes

Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by females.

Synonyms

• ခင်ဗျာ (hkangbya) (same, but used by males)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live, to be alive”). Cognate with Tibetan གསིང་མ (gsing ma, “pastureland”), Old Chinese 生 (*sreŋ, sreŋ-s, “to live, be born”) and Chinese 牲 (shēng, “animal”).

Verb

ရှင် • (hrang)

1. to live, be alive

Derived terms

• ရုပ်ရှင် (ruphrang, “movie”)

References

• “ရှင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.