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ชน

verb

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1
v.

collide with

2
n.

people

3
v.

hit; bump against; strike; crash; run into; butt

Built from

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन (jana, “person”) or Pali jana (“person”). Cognate with Lao ຊົນ (son). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຊົນ (son). Compare Khmer ជល់ (cŭəl), Middle Chinese 衝 (MC tsyhowng).

In a sentence

รถซิ่งชนเสาไฟฟ้าจนหักโค่นลงมา

ชนทุกชาติทุกเผ่าย่อมมีวัฒนธรรมเป็นของตนเอง

From Wiktionary

1
n.

person, people

2
n.

gamecock

3
v.

to collide with

4
v.

to converge a period

5
v.

to make some kind of animal fight against another, e.g. cocks, oxen, buffaloes, elephants