Thai edit

Etymology edit

From ฉัน (chǎn, like) +‎ ใด (dai, what; which).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicฉันใด
t͡ɕʰ ạ n au ɗ
Phonemic
ฉัน-ได
t͡ɕʰ ạ n – ai ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonchǎn-dai
Royal Institutechan-dai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦.daj˧/(R)

Adverb edit

ฉันใด (chǎn-dai)

  1. (elegant) how; in what/which manner; in what/which way; by what/which means.

Conjunction edit

ฉันใด (chǎn-dai)

  1. (elegant) used together with ฉันนั้น (chǎn-nán) to indicate similar consequences, connections, or comparison of or between two or more items.