ฟันแท้
fan-tɛ́ɛMeaning
1NounB1
permanent tooth; adult tooth
one of the second set of teeth that replace baby teeth and are intended to remain for life (typically 32 in adults, including wisdom teeth)
Examples
ฟันfanฟันfan1tooth; teeth2gear tooth; cog3[to] slash; chop; hack4[to] cut; deduct (informal)5[to] overcharge [sb]; [to] rip off (slang)6[to] rake in money; make a large profit (slang)7[to] have sex (slang)น้ำนมnáam-nomน้ำนมnáam-nombreast milk; milkของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuffหนูnǔuหนูnǔu1mouse; rat2I; me (polite, childlike/feminine in Thai)3you (addressing a child/younger person)หลุดlùtหลุดlùt1[to] come off; come loose2[to] slip out; leak3[to] escape; get free4off-target; outside the intended bounds5[to] disconnect; lose connection6[to] drop out; be left outแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níiตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níi1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)ฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛpermanent tooth; adult toothกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)ค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)
My baby tooth fell out, and now my permanent tooth is growing in.
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เราraoต้องdtɔ̂ngดูแลduu-lɛɛฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛให้ดีhâi-diiเพราะprɔ́ถ้าtâaเสียไปsǐia-bpaiแล้วlɛ́ɛoจะไม่มีjà-mâi-miiฟันfanใหม่màiงอกngɔ̂ɔkขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maaอีกìik
We have to take good care of our permanent teeth because if they are lost, no new teeth will grow back.
เด็กdèkส่วนใหญ่sùuan-yàiจะมีjà-miiฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛซี่sîiแรกrɛ̂ɛkขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maaตอนdtɔɔnอายุaa-yúประมาณbprà-maan6ขวบkùuap
Most children get their first permanent tooth around the age of six.
การจัดฟันgaan-jàt-fanไม่เพียงแต่mâi-piiang-dtɛ̀ɛช่วยให้chûuai-hâiฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛเรียงตัวriiang-dtuuaสวยงามsǔuai-ngaamแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangช่วยchûuaiปรับปรุงbpràp-bprungการgaanสบsòpฟันfanให้hâiถูกต้องtùuk-dtɔ̂ngอีกด้วยìik-dûuai
Getting braces not only helps align permanent teeth beautifully but also helps to correct the bite.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
fan
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛฟันแท้fan-tɛ́ɛpermanent tooth; adult toothpermanent tooth; adult toothWord