เช่นไร(chên rai)

Meanings

1AdverbB2

how; in what way

a formal or literary way to ask 'how?', meaning 'in what way'

Examples

หากhàakหากhàak1if; in case2[to] seek; search forไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเงินทุนngern tunเงินทุนngern tun1capital; funds2funding; financing3endowment; fundเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ดำเนินdam-nernดำเนินdam-nern1[to] proceed; carry out; continue2[to] conduct; manage; administer (formal)3[to] walk; move along (formal/literary)โครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ต่อไปdtòr bpaiต่อไปdtòr bpai1on; further (continue doing sth)2next; following (in order)3from now on; henceforth4next; subsequentได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเช่นไรchên raiเช่นไรchên raihow; in what way
Without funding, how can we continue with this project?

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เช่นchênเช่นchên1for example; such as2like; such as (formal)Part 1
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ไรraiไรrai1mite (tiny arachnid)2(colloq.) what?; wh- (shortened form of อะไร)3rice seedling; rice sprout (Northern/poetic)4what (modifier) (colloq.)Part 2
เช่นไรchên raiเช่นไรchên raihow; in what way