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Common Shan Phrases

Essential Shan (လိၵ်ႈတႆး) phrases with pronunciation guides.

👋 Greetings & Basics ✈️ Travel 🍽️ Food & Dining 🚨 Emergency 💼 Business 🔢 Numbers & Time

👋Greetings & Basics

English	Shan	Pronunciation
Hello	သႄႈ	sae
Good morning	ၸဝ်ႈၼႃႈဝၼ်း	jao-NA-wan
Good evening	ၸဝ်ႈၶမ်ႈ	jao-KHAM
Good night	ၸဝ်ႈၶိုၼ်း	jao-KHUN
Goodbye	ၵႂႃႇလႆႈၼႃႈ	gaw-LAI-NA
How are you?	မႂ်ႇသုင်	MAI-sung
I'm fine	ၶႃႈပဵၼ်လီ	KHA-pen-LEE
Thank you	ၸူမ်းၸႂ်	joom-JAI
Please	ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ	KHAN-tao
You're welcome	ဢမ်ႇပဵၼ်သင်	am-PEN-SING
Sorry	ဢမ်ႇၸႂ်ႈ	am-JAI
Excuse me	ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ	KHAN-tao
Yes	ဢၼ်ၼၼ်ႉ	an-NAN
No	ဢမ်ႇၸႂ်ႈ	am-JAI
My name is	ၸိုဝ်ႈၶႃႈပဵၼ်	JOO-KHA-pen
Nice to meet you	ဢၢမ်းၸူမ်း	am-JOOM
Do you speak English?	လၢတ်ႈၽႃႇသႃႇဢင်းၵိတ်းလႆႈႁႃႉ?	LAT-PHA-SHA-ang-KIT-lai-HA
I don't understand	ဢမ်ႇႁူႉ	am-HU
Help!	ၸွႆႈၶႃႈ!	JOI-KHA
Cheers!	ၸူမ်းၸႂ်!	joom-JAI

✈️Travel

English	Shan	Pronunciation
Where is...?	...မီးတီႈလႂ်?	MEE-ti-LAI
How much does it cost?	ၵႃႈႁိုဝ်?	GA-HOI
I need a ticket	လူဝ်ႇလႆႈတြႃး	LO-LAI-TRAO
Train station	တီႈႁဵတ်းရူတ်ႉၾႆး	TI-HET-RUT-FAI
Airport	သူၼ်မိၼ်	SUN-MIN
Hotel	ႁူင်းလပ်ႉ	HUNG-LAP
Hospital	ႁူင်းယႃ	HUNG-YA
Pharmacy	ႁူင်းၶၢႆယႃ	HUNG-KHAI-YA
Police	ပလိၵ်ႈ	pa-LIK
Restaurant	ႁူင်းၵိၼ်	HUNG-GIN
Bank	ထႅင်ႈငိုၼ်း	TANG-GNOON
Toilet	ႁွင်ႈၼမ်ႉ	HONG-NAM
Left	တၢင်းၸႂ်ႉ	TANG-JAI
Right	တၢင်းၶႂႃ	TANG-KWA
Straight ahead	တၢင်းၼႃႈ	TANG-NA
Open	ပိူင်ႇ	PUANG
Closed	ပိတ်ႈ	PIT
Entrance	တူၵ်ႇၶဝ်ႈ	TUK-KHAO
Exit	တူၵ်ႇဢွၵ်ႇ	TUK-OK
I'm lost	ၶႃႈမႆႈ	KHA-MAI

🍽️Food & Dining

English	Shan	Pronunciation
I'm hungry	ၶႃႈဢိူမ်ႈ	KHA-UM
I'm thirsty	ၶႃႈမႆႈၼမ်ႉ	KHA-MAI-NAM
Water	ၼမ်ႉ	NAM
Bread	ၽႃႈပၢင်ႈ	PHA-PANG
Meat	ၼိူဝ်ႉ	NYOO
Vegetarian	ဢမ်ႇၵိၼ်ၼိူဝ်ႉ	am-GIN-NYOO
The menu, please	ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ menu	KHAN-tao ME-nu
The bill, please	ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ ၸႂ်ႉၵႃႈ	KHAN-tao JAI-GA
Delicious	ဢဝ်ၸႂ်	AO-JAI
Wine	လဝ်ႈ	LAO
Coffee	ၵႃႇၾႄႇ	GA-FAE
Beer	ဢိူမ်ႈလဝ်ႈ	UM-LAO
Breakfast	ၵိၼ်တၢင်းၼႃႈ	GIN-TANG-NA
Lunch	ၵိၼ်တၢင်းဝၼ်း	GIN-TANG-WAN
Dinner	ၵိၼ်တၢင်းၶမ်ႈ	GIN-TANG-KHAM
I'm allergic to	ၶႃႈပဵၼ်ယႃႈ	KHA-PEN-YA
No sugar	ဢမ်ႇသႂ်ႇၼမ်ႉတၢၼ်ႈ	am-SAI-NAM-TAN
Spicy	ဢမ်ႇ	HET
Sweet	ဝၢၼ်	WAN
Salty	ၸဵမ်	JAM

🚨Emergency

English	Shan	Pronunciation
Help!	ၸွႆႈၶႃႈ!	JOI-KHA
Call the police!	ႁွင်ႉပလိၵ်ႈ!	HONG-pa-LIK
Call an ambulance!	ႁွင်ႉ ambulance!	HONG-am-bu-LANS
I'm sick	ၶႃႈပဵၼ်ယူႇ	KHA-PEN-YU
I need a doctor	လူဝ်ႇမေႃယႃ	LO-MAO-YA
Fire!	ၾႆးမႆႈ!	FAI-MAI
Thief!	ၸႂ်ႉတိုဝ်း!	JAI-TOO
I'm lost	ၶႃႈမႆႈ	KHA-MAI
I've been robbed	ၸၢင်ႈၶိူဝ်း	JANG-KHOO
Emergency	ၶၢဝ်းယၢမ်းၸိုၼ်ႈ	KHAO-YAM-JUN
I need help	လူဝ်ႇတၢင်းၸွႆႈ	LO-TANG-JOI
Danger	ႁူဝ်ၼႃႈ	HU-NA
Stop!	ၵုမ်ႇ!	GUM
Go away!	ၵႂႃႇ!	GAO

💼Business

English	Shan	Pronunciation
Meeting	ႁူပ်ႉထူပ်း	HUP-TOOP
Contract	လိၵ်ႈပိၵ်ႈမၢႆ	LIK-PIK-MAI
Invoice	ၸႂ်ႉၵႃႈ	JAI-GA
Payment	ၸႂ်ႉငိုၼ်း	JAI-GNOON
Deadline	ယၢမ်းတၢင်းလိုၼ်း	YAM-TANG-LOON
Partner	ပီႈၼွင်ႉ	PEE-NONG
Office	ႁွင်ႈၵၢၼ်	HONG-GAN
Email	Email	EE-mel
Report	ၵႂၢမ်းႁၢႆး	GWAOM-HAI
Budget	ငိုၼ်းတိုၵ်ႉ	GNOON-TUK
Agreement	ၽိုၼ်လိၵ်ႈ	PHON-LIK
Manager	ၸဝ်ႈၼႃႈတီႈ	JAO-NA-TI
Project	ပၢင်ၵၢၼ်	PANG-GAN
Strategy	တၢင်းၶႄ	TANG-KHE

🔢Numbers & Time

English	Shan	Pronunciation
One	ၼိုင်ႈ	NUNG
Two	သွင်	SONG
Three	သၢမ်	SAM
Four	သီႇ	SI
Five	ႁႃႈ	HA
Six	ႁူၵ်း	HUK
Seven	ၸဵတ်း	JET
Eight	ပႅတ်ႇ	PET
Nine	ၵဝ်ႈ	GAO
Ten	သိပ်း	SIP
Twenty	သၢဝ်း	SAO
Hundred	ႁဵင်	HAENG
Thousand	မိုၼ်ႇ	MUAN
What time is it?	မိူဝ်ႈၼႆႉ ၸူဝ်ႈမူင်းႁိုဝ်?	MUEA-NE JOO-MUNG-HOI
Today	ဝၼ်းမိူဝ်ႈၼႆႉ	WAN-MUEA-NE
Tomorrow	ဝၼ်းၽုၵ်ႈ	WAN-PHUK
Yesterday	ဝၼ်းမိူဝ်ႈၼႆႉ	WAN-MUA
Monday	ဝၼ်းၸၼ်	WAN-JAN
Friday	ဝၼ်းသုၵ်း	WAN-SUK

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