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Etymology 1

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Shortened from ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn) or อิฉัน (ì-chǎn). Compare Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, I; me; my).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicฉัน
t͡ɕʰ ạ n
Phonemic
ฉัน
t͡ɕʰ ạ n
[colloquial]
ชั้น
d͡ʑ ạ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonchǎnchán
Royal Institutechanchan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/(R)/t͡ɕʰan˦˥/(R)
Homophonesฉันท์
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Pronoun

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ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. (informal) a first person pronoun employed by anyone when addressing a person of equal or lower status.
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Lao ສັນ (san), ᦶᦉᧃ (ṡaen) or ᦉᧃ (ṡan).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicฉัน
t͡ɕʰ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonchǎn
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesฉันท์
Audio

Conjunction

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ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. (formal, elegant) as; like; as if.

Preposition

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ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. (formal, elegant) as; like.

Etymology 3

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Compare Lao ສັນ (san, to eat), Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, to eat).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicฉัน
t͡ɕʰ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonchǎn
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesฉันท์
Audio

Verb

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ฉัน (chǎn) (abstract noun การฉัน)

  1. (of a priest) to consume (an edible thing, as food, drink, medicine, etc).

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicฉัน
t͡ɕʰ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonchǎn
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesฉันท์
Audio

Adjective

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ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. shining; radiating or reflecting light; luminous.