บ้าน(bâan)

Meanings

1NounA1

house; home

A dwelling where people live; also the place one resides or feels a sense of home.

Examples

บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approachตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)
My home is near the market.
2NounA2

home (family unit)

One’s household or family, especially as a social unit (e.g., ที่บ้านที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at home ‘at home/with family’).

Examples

ที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at homeกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketข้าวเย็นkâao yenข้าวเย็นkâao yendinner; supper; evening mealพร้อมหน้าpróm nâaพร้อมหน้าpróm nâaall together; all presentกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmark
My family eats dinner together.
3NounB1

village; hometown

A village or native place; used in reference to where someone comes from (e.g., บ้านนอกบ้านนอกbâan nôk1the countryside; rural area2rural; from the countryside3country person (pejorative/colloq.) ‘countryside’).

Examples

ช่วงchûuangช่วงchûuang1period; span (of time)2section; segment (part of something)3range; interval (between limits)4period; time (around now/then)5distance between supports6width span; armspan7span; breadth (across)สงกรานต์sŏng-graanสงกรานต์sŏng-graan1Songkran festival2Songkran period/holidayฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กลับบ้านเกิดglàp bâan gèrtกลับบ้านเกิดglàp bâan gèrt[to] return to one's hometownต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1provincial; out-of-town2upcountry; outside the capitalไปเจอbpai jerไปเจอbpai jer1[to] go meet [sb]2[to] come across [sb/sth]เพื่อนเก่าpêuuan gàoเพื่อนเก่าpêuuan gàoold friend
During Songkran I will return to my hometown upcountry to meet old friends.
4ClassifierB1

classifier: houses/buildings (residences)

Classifier used for houses or residential buildings.

Examples

หมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ยี่สิบyêe sìpยี่สิบyêe sìptwentyหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)
This village has twenty houses.

Related Words

Related Compounds

ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)
  • new; not old
  • new; different; fresh
  • again; anew
  • new; inexperienced (novice)
เช่าchâoเช่าchâo1[to] rent; lease2[to] let out; rent out3rent; rental fee
  • [to] rent; lease
  • [to] let out; rent out
  • rent; rental fee
ที่อยู่อาศัยtîi yòo aa-săiที่อยู่อาศัยtîi yòo aa-săi1residence; dwelling; housing2housing (collective); accommodation
  • residence; dwelling; housing
  • housing (collective); accommodation
ลักษณนามlák-sà-ná-naamลักษณนามlák-sà-ná-naamclassifier; measure word

classifier; measure word

อาคารพักอาศัยaa-kaan pák aa-săiอาคารพักอาศัยaa-kaan pák aa-săi1residential building2dwelling structure (legal/technical)
  • residential building
  • dwelling structure (legal/technical)