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| เผื่อ pheuuaL |  |
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| 1. | in case of; provided that; if; for; in case (that) |
| 2. | [is] reserved; held in store; set aside |
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| Phonemic Thai | เผื่อ |
| IPA | pʰɯ̀ːa |
| Royal Thai General System | phuea |
1.  [preposition, conjunction] | |||
| definition | in case of; provided that; if; for; in case (that) | ||
| notes | This word is usually used with ว่า  . | ||
| related words | ขืน | kheuunR | if [indicating a condition with negative consequences] |
| ครั้น | khranH | when (something occurs); if (something happened) | |
| ถ้า | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| หาก | haakL | allowing that; if; despite; rather | |
| examples | เผื่อว่า | pheuuaL waaF | in case (that); for; if |
| เผื่อจะ | pheuuaL jaL | possibly | |
| ถ้าเผื่อว่า | thaaF pheuuaL waaF | providing that... | |
| เผื่อไว้ก่อน | pheuuaL waiH gaawnL | tentative; in advance, just in case | |
| ค่าเผื่อ | khaaF pheuuaL | allowance (accounting sense) | |
| เผื่อขาดเผื่อเหลือ | pheuuaL khaatL pheuuaL leuuaR | [is] kept in reserve; held back for contingencies | |
| เผื่อเหลือเผื่อขาด | pheuuaL leuuaR pheuuaL khaatL | in case of emergency; in case of insufficiency; to provide some leeway; as a fudge factor; with a lagniappe of | |
| sample sentences | |||
จึงต้องพยายามหาทางที่จะบอกไปทางอากาศเผื่อใครสักคนจะดลใจไปบอกแท็กซี่ใจดีให้นำมาคืนได้ jeungM dtawngF phaH yaaM yaamM haaR thaangM theeF jaL baawkL bpaiM thaangM aaM gaatL pheuuaL khraiM sakL khohnM jaL dohnM jaiM bpaiM baawkL thaekH seeF jaiM deeM haiF namM maaM kheuunM daiF "Therefore, I had to try to find a way to use the radio so that someone would be inspired to tell the taxi driver to be good enough to return them to us." | |||
รักใครเผื่อใจไว้บ้างก็ดี เพราะคนเราสมัยนี้ไม่ค่อยรู้จักคำว่าพอ rakH khraiM pheuuaL jaiM waiH baangF gaawF deeM phrawH khohnM raoM saL maiR neeH maiF khaawyF ruuH jakL khamM waaF phaawM "It is a good thing to have somebody to love waiting in reserve, because in today’s modern world there is no such thing as having enough." | |||
| 2. [adjective] | |||
| definition | [is] reserved; held in store; set aside | ||
| examples | เผื่อแผ่ | pheuuaL phaaeL | [usually preceded by เอื้อเฝื้อ ] generous; liberal; broad-minded; magnanimous; charitable; open-handed |
| เผื่อไว้ | pheuuaL waiH | to keep in reserve | |
| เผื่อเวลา | pheuuaL waehM laaM | to allow for a time delay; provide for an allowance for someone to arrive late | |
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