ไฉน

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicไฉน
ai t͡ɕʰ n
Phonemic
ฉะ-ไหฺน
t͡ɕʰ a – ai h ̥ n
RomanizationPaiboonchà-nǎi
Royal Institutecha-nai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.naj˩˩˦/(R)

Adverb[edit]

ไฉน (chà-nǎi)

  1. (somewhat elegant and archaic) why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?
  2. (somewhat elegant and archaic) how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means?

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