Dictionary entry
เช้า
morning
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedmorninglexitron
forenoonlexitron
in the early part of the morningwiktionary
before the usual or appointed time; ahead of timewiktionary
morningwiktionary
the period of time between sunrise and sunset; the period of time that there is still daylight(colloquial)wiktionary
basket(archaic)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesทุกเช้า ฉันไปโรงเรียนตอน 7 โมง
Every morning, I go to school at 7am.
นี่คือเช้าของฉัน ทุกวัน
This is my morning, every day.
ตื่นมาตอนเช้า
I wake up in the morning.
แต่ตอนเช้า เย็นสบาย
But in the early morning, it's cool and pleasant.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *ɟaːwꟲ (“early morning”). Compare Middle Chinese 早 (MC tsawX, “morning, early”). Cognate with Lao ເຊົ້າ (sao), Lü ᦋᧁᧉ (tsaw²), Tai Dam ꪹꪋ꫁ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪋꪱꫂ, Shan ၸဝ်ႉ (tsâ̰o), Phake ꩡ︀ွ် (caw), Ahom 𑜋𑜈𑜫 (chaw), 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow) or 𑜋𑜨𑜧𑜈𑜫 (choww), Zhuang caeux. Compare Vietnamese chào. May be cognate with เพรา (prao, “morning”).