เช่นไร
chên-raiMeaning
1AdverbB2
how; in what way
a formal or literary way to ask 'how?', meaning 'in what way'
Examples
หากhàakหากhàakif; in caseไม่มีmâi-miiไม่มีmâi-mii1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเงินทุนngən-tunเงินทุนngən-tuncapital; fundsเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ดำเนินdam-nəənดำเนินdam-nəən1[to] proceed; carry out; continue2[to] walk; move along (formal/literary)3[to] conduct; manage; administer (formal)โครงการkroong-gaanโครงการkroong-gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ต่อไปdtɔ̀ɔ-bpaiต่อไปdtɔ̀ɔ-bpai1on; further (continue doing sth)2next; following (in order)3from now on; henceforth4next; subsequentได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerเช่นไรchên-raiเช่นไรchên-raihow; in what way
Without funding, how can we continue with this project?
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How did he resolve that difficult situation?
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaหลักฐานlàk-tǎanทั้งหมดtáng-mòtชี้chíiมาmaaที่tîiเขาkǎoเขาkǎoจะjàพิสูจน์pí-sùutความบริสุทธิ์kwaam-bɔɔ-rí-sùtของkɔ̌ɔngตนเองdton-eengได้dâaiเช่นไรchên-rai
When all the evidence points to him, how can he prove his own innocence?
ในnaiโลกlôokที่tîiเปลี่ยนแปลงbplìian-bplɛɛngอย่างรวดเร็วyàang-rûuat-reoเช่นนี้chên-níiการศึกษาgaan-sʉ̀k-sǎaควรkuuanปรับตัวbpràp-dtuuaเช่นไรchên-raiจึงjʉngจะjàทันการณ์tan-gaan
In a rapidly changing world like this, how should education adapt to keep up?
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 markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
chên
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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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ไรraiไรrai1mite (tiny arachnid)2(colloq.) what?; wh- (shortened form of อะไร)3(colloq.) what; which4rice seedling; rice sprout (Northern/poetic)mite (tiny arachnid)Part 2
เช่นไรchên-raiเช่นไรchên-raihow; in what wayhow; in what wayWord