ခင်ဗျား

Burmese

Etymology

သခင် (sa.hkang, “master”) + ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “lord”)

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respellings: ခင်ဗျား, ခ'များ
  • IPA(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴbjá/, /kʰəmjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkangbya: • ALA-LC: khaṅ‘byā″ • BGN/PCGN: hkinbya:/hkămya: • Okell: hkiñbyà/hkămyà

Pronoun

ခင်ဗျား • (hkangbya:)

  1. (men's speech) you (singular, polite, used by males)
    ခင်ဗျားနာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်သလဲ။‎
    hkangbya:namanybhailuihkausa.lai:||‎
    What is your name?

Synonyms
  • နင် (nang) (addressed to someone younger than the speaker)
  • မင်း (mang:) (addressing peers or subordinates)
  • ရှင် (hrang) (singular, polite, used by females)

Derived terms

See also
Burmese personal pronouns
BurmesePersonLevel of
speech		Remarks
ငါ (nga)FirstInformalused when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau)FirstFormalused by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.)FirstFormalused by females
ကျွန်နုပ် (kywannup)FirstInformal
ကျုပ် (kyup)FirstInformal
နင် (nang)SecondInformalused when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:)SecondInformalused when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:)SecondInformalused by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau)SecondInformalused by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)SecondFormalused by males
ရှင် (hrang)SecondFormalused by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang)SecondFormal
သူ (su)Third
သင်း (sang:)Third
ချင်း (hkyang:)Third
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