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)

Pronoun

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?

Synonyms

• (why) See ทำไม (tam-mai).
• (how) See อย่างไร (yàang-rai).