ฟันธง

Thai

Etymology

ฟัน (fan, to strike down (with)) +‎ ธง (tong, banner; flag).

Pronunciation

Orthographicฟันธง
v ạ n dʰ ŋ
Phonemic
ฟัน-ทง
v ạ n – d ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonfan-tong
Royal Institutefan-thong
(standard) IPA(key)/fan˧.tʰoŋ˧/(R)

Verb

ฟันธง • (fan-tong) (abstract noun การฟันธง)

  1. (idiomatic) to affirm, to confirm; to give a conclusive decision, to make a clear determination, to make a decisive ruling.

Further reading

  • ฟันธง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.