เผอิญ

pà-ern

Meanings

1NounB1

by chance; coincidentally

happening by chance, without being planned; coincidentally; accidentally.

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ห้างhâangห้างhâang1mall; shopping center2trading firm (dated/formal)3department storeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เผอิญpà-ernเผอิญpà-ernby chance; coincidentallyเจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowสมัยsà-măiสมัยsà-măi1period; era; age2term; tenure3modern; contemporary4during; in the time ofประถมprà-thŏmประถมprà-thŏm1primary; elementary (level of school)2primary education (level)
I went to the mall today and coincidentally ran into a friend from elementary school.