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จาน

Pronunciation

caan

จาน

caan

plate

Native recording

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  1. 1 plate、dish
  2. 2 plate of food [counter]、serving [on a plate]

จาน mainly means a flat plate or dish used for serving food. It is also used as a counter for servings of food, and in compounds for flat, disc-shaped objects.

1

plate、dish

Noun⭐️5 Essential

This sense refers to a flat plate or dish used to hold or serve food. It is a very common everyday word.

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plate of food [counter]、serving [on a plate]

Classifier⭐️4 Often used

This is the counter for servings or plates of food. It counts the food served on a plate, not the physical plate itself.

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Learning notes

Explanation

The core image of จาน is something flat that can hold things on top. When counting physical plates, ใบ is commonly used, as in จานหนึ่งใบ, “one plate.” When counting servings of food, จาน itself works as the counter, as in ข้าวผัดหนึ่งจาน, “one plate of fried rice.” The shape also extends to compounds such as จานบิน and จานดาวเทียม.

Usage

It is used at home, in restaurants, and around meals for plates, washing dishes, ordering food, and talking about servings. In technical or everyday equipment-related contexts, it appears in compounds for disc-shaped parts or dishes such as satellite dishes.

Caution

For deep bowls, soups, and noodles, ชาม is often more natural. Also keep apart จานหนึ่งใบ for one physical plate and ข้าวผัดหนึ่งจาน for one serving or plate of fried rice.

Differences from similar words

1 plate synonyms

2 plate of food [counter] synonyms

  • ที่ can count portions or orders, often with the sense of a serving for one person. จาน specifically counts food as plates or platefuls.

Component words

Other words containing จาน

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