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| บ้านนอก baanF naawkF |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บ้าน-นอก |
| IPA | bâːn nɔ̂ːk |
| Royal Thai General System | ban nok |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | country; countryside; rural area; upcountry | ||
| components |  บ้าน  | baanF | house; home; place (or one's place); village |
| นอก | naawkF | [is] outside of; external to; foreign; alien | |
| examples | บ้านนอกคอกนา | baanF naawkF khaawkF naaM | rural area; agricultural area; farming region |
| บ้านนอกคอกนา | baanF naawkF khaawkF naaM | [is] unsophisticated; simple; of a rural mindset; a hayseed | |
| sample sentences | เด็กบ้านนอกจะเรียนกันสบาย ๆ มากกว่าเด็กในกรุงเทพฯ เพราะไม่ต้องตะเกียกตะกายแย่งกันเข้าโรงเรียน dekL baanF naawkF jaL riianM ganM saL baaiM saL baaiM maakF gwaaL dekL naiM groongM thaehpF phrawH maiF dtawngF dtaL giiakL dtaL gaaiM yaaengF ganM khaoF ro:hngM riianM "Kids from rural areas study more easily than kids from Bangkok because they are not so [destructively] competitive with each other to get into school." | ||
| 2. [adjective] | |||
| definition | [of the countryside] [is] rural; bucolic; rural; rustic; agricultural; country; pastoral; sylvan; [vulgar, disparaging expression] uncivilized; uncouth; boorish; coarse; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated | ||
| components | บ้าน | baanF | house; home; place (or one's place); village |
| นอก | naawkF | [is] outside of; external to; foreign; alien | |
| example | คนบ้านนอก | khohnM baanF naawkF | rustic folk; country person; rural person |
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