ไฉน
Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ไฉน ai t͡ɕʰ n | |
| Phonemic | ฉะ-ไหฺน t͡ɕʰ a – ai h ̥ n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chà-nǎi |
| Royal Institute | cha-nai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰa˨˩.naj˩˩˦/(R) | |
Adverb
ไฉน • (chà-nǎi)
- (somewhat elegant and archaic) why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?
- (somewhat elegant and archaic) how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means?