ไฉน

chà-năi

Meanings

1NounC1

why (formal/literary); how (archaic/poetic)

why; for what reason (formal/literary); how; in what way (archaic/poetic)

Examples

เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herทิ้งtíngทิ้งtíng1[to] throw away; discard2[to] abandon; desert3[to] drop; let fall4[to] waste; squander5[to] leave behind; leave (sth) behindฉันchănฉันchăn1I; 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)โดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเหตุผลhèt pŏnเหตุผลhèt pŏn1reason; justification2reasoning; rationality3motive; groundsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ไฉนchà-năiไฉนchà-năiwhy (formal/literary); how (archaic/poetic)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)จึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)กลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be back
You left me for no reason, so why have you returned today?

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