บ้าน
house
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- 1 house、home
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บ้าน refers to the place where someone lives and returns to as home. It can also extend to the family or household associated with that home.
house、home
A building where people live, or the place someone regards as home.
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ฉันอยู่บ้าน chǎn yùu bâan I'm at home. ฉันอยู่บ้าน details
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กลับบ้าน klàp bâan go home กลับบ้าน details
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ซื้อบ้านใหม่ sʉ́ʉ bâan mày buy a new house ซื้อบ้านใหม่ details
family
The people associated with a home, viewed collectively as a family or household.
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ทางบ้านเป็นอย่างไรบ้าง thaaŋ bâan pen yàaŋ ray bâaŋ How is your family doing? ทางบ้านเป็นอย่างไรบ้าง details
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คนที่บ้านสบายดี khon thîi bâan sabaay dii Everyone at home is doing well. คนที่บ้านสบายดี details
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ต้องถามทางบ้านก่อน tɔ̂ŋ thǎam thaaŋ bâan kɔ̀ɔn I need to ask my family first. ต้องถามทางบ้านก่อน details
Learning notes
Explanation
บ้าน centers on the idea of a place where people live and return to. It can refer either to the physical house or to one's home as a base of everyday life. It appears frequently in expressions such as อยู่บ้าน, “be at home,” and กลับบ้าน, “go home.” In phrases such as ทางบ้าน, “the family back home,” and คนที่บ้าน, “the people at home,” it refers to the family associated with the home. The usual classifier for houses is หลัง, so “one house” can be บ้านหนึ่งหลัง.
Usage
It is used when talking about where someone lives, being at home, going home, or buying and renting a house. In expressions such as ทางบ้าน and คนที่บ้าน, it commonly appears in conversations about the family's well-being, circumstances, opinions, or permission.
Caution
On its own, บ้าน is normally understood first as “house” or “home.” Use ครอบครัว when you need to say “family” explicitly; the household sense of บ้าน usually appears in established expressions such as ทางบ้าน or คนที่บ้าน. Also note that กลับบ้าน means “go home” without a preposition before บ้าน.
Differences from similar words
1 house synonyms
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บ้านเรือน often refers collectively to homes or residential buildings. บ้าน is the basic word for an individual house or someone's home.