Animals
dragon noun
- mang mid
- gawn mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
Classifier: ตัวdtua · counting word for animals, clothes, tables and chairs
How to use it
มังกรmang-gawn is the Chinese dragon, the long, whiskered one that coils around the pillars of Chinese shrines and dances through Yaowarat at Chinese New Year. In the Thai calendar the year of the dragon is ปีมะโรงbpii má-roong. The crested serpent on the stairs of Thai temples is a different creature, the naga, พญานาคpá-yaa-nâak, and dragon fruit is แก้วมังกรgâew-mang-gawn.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- mangkon
- mang kon
- mungkorn
- mang gorn
- mangkorn
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