อัน(an)
Meanings
1ClassifierA2
classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)
a classifier used mainly in writing for small objects, unspecified items, parts, or abstract things (e.g., one piece, two items, three points)
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerเค้กkékเค้กkékcake (sweet baked dessert)หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1classifier: pieces/items2piece; item; fragment; slice
I'd like one piece of cake.
2PronounB2
which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)
a formal or literary relative pronoun linking a noun to a clause, similar to which or that
Examples
หนังสือnǎng-sĕuหนังสือnǎng-sĕu1book (printed work)2document; letter3study textเล่มlêmเล่มlêm1CL: books/volumes/issues2blade (of a cutting tool)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)อันanอันan1which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)2thing; item (formal/archaic)3classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)4that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)ผู้เขียนpôo kĭianผู้เขียนpôo kĭian1writer; author2I (the author) [formal writing]รวบรวมrûuap ruuamรวบรวมrûuap ruuam1[to] collect; gather2[to] compile; assemble3[to] muster; mobilizeจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaanประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaan1experience (event)2experience (knowledge/skill)จริงjingจริงjing1really; truly; indeed2truth; reality (rare as noun)3true; real; genuine4[!] intensifier particle (final)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questions6node; joint; segment (botany/zoology)คิดมากkít mâakคิดมากkít mâak1[to] overthink; worry too much2overly worried; prone to overthinking
This book, which the author compiled from real experiences, offers many insights.
3PronounC1
that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)
a formal or literary demonstrative meaning that, used before a noun or clause
Examples
ข้าพเจ้าkâa-pá-jâoข้าพเจ้าkâa-pá-jâoI; me (formal/written)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerขอบคุณน้ำใจkòp kun nám jaiขอบคุณน้ำใจkòp kun nám jai1thank you for your kindness2thanks for the gestureอันanอันan1which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)2thing; item (formal/archaic)3classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)4that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)บริสุทธิ์bo-rí-sùtบริสุทธิ์bo-rí-sùt1pure; clean; uncontaminated2innocent; morally pure3chaste; virginal4unalloyed; sheerของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybody
I would like to thank all of you for your pure kindness.
4NounC1
thing; item (formal/archaic)
a formal or archaic word meaning a thing or an object
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillหวงแหนhŭuang hăenหวงแหนhŭuang hăen[to] cherish; [to] treasure; [to] guard jealouslyของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsอันanอันan1which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)2thing; item (formal/archaic)3classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)4that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)เล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2younger; junior3minor; slightที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseให้ไว้hâi wáiให้ไว้hâi wái[to] give [sb] [sth] to keep; [to] issue (a document)
He cherishes the small thing that his mother gave him.