News and societysignal; reception noun
- sǎn rising
- yaan mid
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
How to use it
สัญญาณsǎn-yaan is a signal: phone reception, a wifi signal, a traffic signal, an alarm. On islands and mountain roads you'll sometimes have ไม่มีสัญญาณmâi mii sǎn-yaan, no signal, and a fire alarm is a สัญญาณเตือนไฟไหม้sǎn-yaan dtuean fai-mâi.
It's spelled almost like สัญญาsǎn-yaa, a promise or a contract, but ends in n.
Don't mix it up
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สัญญาsǎn-yaa
to promise; a promise
No final n: a promise, a contract.
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:
- sanyan
- sunyan
- sanyarn
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