Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1v.
be hardlexitron
2v.
be stiff; be solid; be rigid; be rocklike; be firmlexitron
3adj.
hard; rigidwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesลูกของฉันน่ารัก ฉลาด และแข็งแรง
My child is lovely, clever, and strong.
แต่ฉันต้องกลับมาเข้มแข็งอีกครั้ง
But I have to pull myself together and be strong again,
Built from
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹ (“solid; hard”), from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ or ᨡᩯᩢ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແຂງ (khǣng), Lü ᦶᦃᧂ (ẋaeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪉ, Shan ၶႅင် (khěng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒᥴ (xáeng), Phake ၵ︀ိင︀် (khiṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Sapa xeŋᴬ¹, Bouyei jeengl, Saek เถรี่ยง (“hard”) and แข้ง (“tight; tense”), Zhuang geng.