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How to say to eat (for monks)
in Thai
ฉัน
chǎn
to eat (for monks)
chǎn rising
Same spelling as ฉัน 'I' (A1 unit 1). Monks ฉันเช้า 'eat the morning meal' and ฉันเพล before noon, then nothing solid until the next day.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- พระฉันเพลก่อนเที่ยงprá chǎn peen gàawn tîangMonks have their last meal before noon.
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- บาปsin, demerit
- กรรมkarma
- บูชาto worship; to buy (an amulet, image) respectfully
- ศีลBuddhist precept
- ปล่อยปลาto release fish (for merit)
- การthe act of … (makes verbs into nouns)
- ตักบาตรto give alms to monks
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