Work and studyline; strand noun
- sên falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Also noodles: เส้นเล็กsên lék, เส้นใหญ่sên yài.
You'll hear it in Just Being Friendly (เพื่อนเล่น ไม่เล่นเพื่อน).
How to use it
เส้นsên is anything long and thin: a line, a string, a strand of hair and, above all, a noodle. At a noodle stall the first question is which เส้นsên you want: เส้นเล็กsên lék (thin rice noodles), เส้นใหญ่sên yài (wide ones) or บะหมี่bà-mìi (egg noodles). It's also the counting word for long things, like necklaces and roads.
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:
- sehn
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