ญวน(yuan)
Meanings
1NounB2
Vietnamese (dated/archaic)
A dated or archaic Thai term for Vietnamese people or things related to Vietnam; now largely replaced by เวียดนามเวียดนามwîiat naam1Vietnam (country)2Vietnamese [attrib.]/เวียดนามี.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หนังสือประวัติศาสตร์năng-sĕu bprà-wàt-dtì-sàatหนังสือประวัติศาสตร์năng-sĕu bprà-wàt-dtì-sàathistory book; work of historyเก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newๆ-คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ญวนyuanญวนyuan1Vietnamese (dated/archaic)2classifier: Vietnamese persons (dated/offensive)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleเวียดนามwîiat naamเวียดนามwîiat naam1Vietnam (country)2Vietnamese [attrib.]
In old history books, the word 'Yuan' was used to refer to Vietnamese people.
2ClassifierC1
classifier: Vietnamese persons (dated/offensive)
A dated classifier formerly used for Vietnamese people; can be perceived as offensive in modern usage.
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ญวนyuanญวนyuan1Vietnamese (dated/archaic)2classifier: Vietnamese persons (dated/offensive)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคำเรียกkam rîiakคำเรียกkam rîiakterm; name; designationจำแนกjam-nâekจำแนกjam-nâek1[to] classify; categorize2[to] distinguish; differentiate; discriminateชาวchaaoชาวchaao1people (of); inhabitants; natives; folk2resident; member of a group3of; belonging to (as a modifier)เวียดนามwîiat naamเวียดนามwîiat naam1Vietnam (country)2Vietnamese [attrib.]แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-banปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-ban1present; current; contemporary2nowadays; at present3the present; the current timeถือว่าtĕuu wâaถือว่าtĕuu wâa1[to] consider; regard; deem2[to] be considered; count as; be deemed3it's fair to say; arguably4fairly; ratherล้าสมัยláa sà-măiล้าสมัยláa sà-măioutdated; old-fashionedและláeและláeand (coordinating)อาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)กระทบgrà-tópกระทบgrà-tóp1[to] affect; impact2[to] hit; strike; collide (with)3be affected; be impactedความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèuk1feeling; emotion2sensation; sensory feeling3intuition; hunch4sentiment; attitudeได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
The term 'Yuan' used to be a classifier for Vietnamese people, but nowadays it is outdated and can be offensive.