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ฉัน

chǎntonerising tonerising
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1pron.

first-person pronoun used when addressing a person of equal or lower statuswiktionary

Less common senses (4)
2v.

to eat; drink; take; consumewiktionary

3conj.

as; like; as ifwiktionary

4prep.

as; likewiktionary

5adj.

shining; radiating; light; luminouswiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

แต่ฉันกลับได้เห็นชีวิตจริงของคนที่นี่

But instead I got to see what life here is really like.

Koko · เลยfrom เมืองนอกฤดู →

Built from

Clipping of ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn) or อิฉัน (ì-chǎn). Compare Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, “I; me; my”). Cognate with Lao ສັນ (san), Lü ᦶᦉᧃ (ṡaen) or ᦉᧃ (ṡan). Compare Lao ສັນ (san, “to eat”), Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, “to eat”).