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sounding | ªèÒ§, ªÑè§ |
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1.  [noun]
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| definition |
elephant; pachyderm; Elephas maximus
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| image | 
Photo by Glenn Slayden
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| classifiers | 楀  | dtuaaM | [numerical classifier for digits, bodies, shirts, pants, suits, animals, fish, germs, chairs, tables, desks, software title] |
| àª×Í¡ | cheuuakF | [numerical classifier for domesticated elephants] |
| categories |  ÊѵÇ캡 | Land Animals |
| synonym | ¡ØªÃ | goonM chaawnM | elephant |
| related word | Ëѵ¶Õ | hatL theeR | elephant |
| examples | à¡ÒЪéÒ§ | gawL chaangH | Gaw Chang; Ko Chang; an island and tropical marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand |
| ¢ÍªéÒ§ | khaawR chaangH | elephant handler's (mahout's) hook |
| §ÒªéÒ§ | ngaaM chaangH | elephant tusk; ivory |
| ªÍ ªéÒ§ | chaawM chaangH | The 10th consonant in the Thai alphabet |
| ªÍ ªéÒ§ÇÔè§Ë¹Õ | chaawM chaangH wingF neeR | Ch is for /chaangH/ (the elephant) who runs away |
| ªéÒ§·Ã§ | chaangH sohngM | the elephants officially enrolled for duty |
| ªéÒ§·Õè¹Ñè§ | chaangH theeF nangF | royal elephant |
| ªéÒ§¹éÓ | chaangH naahmH | walrus |
| ªéÒ§¹éÓ | chaangH naahmH | [disparaging and vulgar] (as obese as a) walrus |
ªéÒ§à¼×Í¡  | chaangH pheuuakL | auspicious white elephant |
| ªéÒ§à¼×Í¡ | chaangH pheuuakL | a person who was born in a rural or provincial area, has become knowledgeable and successful in life, and thus garnered fame in a metropolitan area |
| ªéÒ§àÂç´ | chaangH yetH | [a rude interjection] |
| ªéÒ§ÊÒà | chaangH saanR | strong male elephant |
| ªéÒ§ÊÔºÊÒÁàª×Í¡ | chaangH sipL saamR cheuuakF | thirteen elephants |
| à·éÒªéÒ§ | thaaoH chaangH | elephantitis |
| ¸§ªéÒ§ | thohngM chaangH | the former Thai flag with the figure of an elephant in the middle |
sample
sentences | ¢ÕèªéÒ§¨ÑºµÑê¡áµ¹ | kheeL chaangH japL dtakH dtaaenM | "Burn your house to frighten away the mice." — "Throw out the baby with the bathwater." |
| ªéÒ§µÒ·Ñ駵ÑÇ àÍÒ㺺ÑǻԴäÁèÁÔ´ | chaangH dtaayM thangH dtuaaM aoM baiM buaaM bpitL maiF mitH | "What is done by night appears by day." |
| ´ÙªéÒ§ãËé´ÙËÒ§ ´Ù¹Ò§ãËé´ÙáÁè | duuM chaangH haiF duuM haangR duuM naangM haiF duuM maaeF | "Like mother, like daughter." |
| µèÒ§¡Ñ¹àËÁ×͹ªéÒ§¡ÑºÂا | dtaangL ganM meuuanR chaangH gapL yoongM | "(To be different like) chalk and cheese." |
| ¶ÕèÅÍ´µÒªéÒ§ ËèÒ§ÅÍ´µÒàÅç¹ | theeL laawtF dtaaM chaangH haangL laawtF dtaaM lenM | "Penny wise and pound foolish." |
| ÊÒÁÕà»ç¹ªéÒ§à·éÒ˹éÒ ÀÃÃÂÒà»ç¹ªéÒ§à·éÒËÅѧ | saaR meeM bpenM chaangH thaaoH naaF phanM raH yaaM bpenM chaangH thaaoH langR | "It’s a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock." |
| àË繪éÒ§¢Õé ¢ÕéµÒÁªéÒ§ | henR chaangH kheeF kheeF dtaamM chaangH | "To keep up with the Joneses." — "To be as small as a vinegar fly and want to shit like an elephant." — "Too big for your britches." |
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2. ÅÙ¡ªéÒ§ luukF chaangH [noun]
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elephant calf
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3. ·Ã§ªéÒ§ sohngM chaangH [verb, phrase, formal]
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[royal use only] to ride an elephant
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