ฉะนั้น

chà-nán

Meanings

1NounB1

therefore; thus

therefore; thus; used to state a result or conclusion from what was said before; formal/literary register

Examples

ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toตกหนักdtòk nàkตกหนักdtòk nàk1[to] fall heavily; rain heavily2[to] fall heavily on [sb/sth]; be chiefly borne by [sb]ฉะนั้นchà-nánฉะนั้นchà-nántherefore; thusเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ควรkuuanควรkuuan1should; ought to2appropriate; proper; suitable3deserve; be worthy ofรีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return home
It has started raining heavily; therefore, we should hurry home.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ฉะchàฉะchà1[to] attack; lash out (esp. verbally)2[to] slash; cut; cleave (literary/archaic)3namely; that is (as ฉะนี้/ฉะนั้น/ฉะนั้นแหละ)Part 1
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นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)Part 2
ฉะนั้นchà-nánฉะนั้นchà-nántherefore; thus