Animals แพนด้า paen-dâa
panda noun
- paen mid
- dâa falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Classifier: ตัวdtua · counting word for animals, clothes, tables and chairs
How to use it
แพนด้าpaen-dâa ends on a falling tone. Thailand's most famous pandas were Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui, on loan from China to Chiang Mai Zoo from 2003, and their daughter Lin Ping, หลินปิงlǐn-bping, born there in 2009. Lin Ping moved to China in 2013, Chuang Chuang died in 2019 and Lin Hui in 2023.
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:
- paen da
- phaenda
- phaen daa
- pan da
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