ขนมจีน

Thai

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Mon ခၞံ (hənɔm, “noodles”) + စိန် (cin, “to be cooked”); imitated as Thai ขนม (kà-nǒm, “sweets; dessert; noodles”) +‎ จีน (jiin, “China; Chinese”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicขนมจีน
kʰ n m t͡ɕ ī n
Phonemic
ขะ-หฺนม-จีน
kʰ a – h ̥ n m – t͡ɕ ī n
RomanizationPaiboonkà-nǒm-jiin
Royal Institutekha-nom-chin
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.nom˩˩˦.t͡ɕiːn˧/(R)

Noun

ขนมจีน • (kà-nǒm-jiin)

  1. khanom chin, a noodle made from fermented rice which is boiled and then extruded through a sieve into boiling water, often served with the soup น้ำยา (nám-yaa).
  • Kà-nǒm-jiin noodles
    Kà-nǒm-jiin noodles
  • The noodles in the soup náam-yaa
    The noodles in the soup náam-yaa
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