ดิฉัน

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

Orthographicดิฉัน
ɗ i t͡ɕʰ ạ n
Phonemic
ดิ-ฉัน
ɗ i – t͡ɕʰ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboondì-chǎn
Royal Institutedi-chan
(standard) IPA(key)/di˨˩.t͡ɕʰan˩˩˦/(R)

Pronoun

ดิฉัน • (dì-chǎn)

  1. (formal and archaic, men's speech) a first person pronoun employed by a male when addressing a person of equal or higher status.
  2. (formal, women's speech) a first person pronoun employed by a female when addressing a commoner of equal or higher status.
    ชื่อ...ค่ะ
    dì-chǎn chʉ̂ʉ ... kâ
    My name is ... .

See also

Thai personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person masculine ผม (pǒm) เรา (rao)
feminine ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
feminine or
neutral
(colloquial)
ฉัน (chǎn)
2nd person คุณ (kun)
3rd person masculine,
feminine
เขา (kǎo)
neutral มัน (man)