The public in Thai

“The public” in Thai is ประชาชนbprà-chaa-chon.

ประชาชน bprà-chaa-chon

the people, the public, citizens noun

bprà low
chaa mid
chon mid

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

ประชาชนbprà-chaa-chon is the people of a country as a whole: the public, the citizens. It's the word of the news and official notices; in conversation people say คนkon, or ชาวบ้านchaao-bâan for ordinary folk.

You'll meet it every day in บัตรประชาชนbàt-bprà-chaa-chon, "people's card", the Thai ID card. The size of the population, as a number, is ประชากรbprà-chaa-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:

prachachon
pra cha chon
bprachachon
prachachorn

More news and society in Thai

All news and society

กลุ่ม glùm Group
สังคม sǎng-kom Society
ผล pǒn Result
result, outcome
ระบบ rá-bòp System
มาตรา mâat-dtraa Section (of a law)
section, article (of a law)
ระดับ rá-dàp Level
level, grade

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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