ทานข้าว

Thai

Etymology

Lit.: ทาน (taan) + ข้าว (kâao): "to eat rice, (by extension) food". Cf. to similar expressions in other languages, e.g. Chinese 吃飯／吃饭 (chīfàn, “to eat rice/food”), Vietnamese ăn cơm (“to eat rice/food”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ทานข้าว d ā n kʰ ˆ ā w
Phonemic		ทาน-ค่าว d ā n – g ˋ ā w
Romanization	Paiboon	taan-kâao
	Royal Institute	than-khao
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰaːn˧.kʰaːw˥˩/

Verb

ทาน ข้าว • (taan-kâao) (abstract noun การทานข้าว)

(nonstandard) to eat food; to have a meal

Synonyms

กินข้าว (gin-kâao)

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