ฉัน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฉัน
t͡ɕʰn
RomanizationPaiboonchǎn
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/
Homophonesฉันท์
Audio

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

ฉัน (chǎn)

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

Etymology 2

Conjunction

ฉัน (chǎn)

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

Preposition

ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. (formal, elegant) as; like.

Etymology 3

Compare Burmese ဆန် (hcan, rice), Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, to eat).

Verb

ฉัน (chǎn) (abstract noun การฉัน)

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

Etymology 4

Adjective

ฉัน (chǎn)

  1. shining; radiating or reflecting light; luminous.
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