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| ตกต่ำ dtohkL dtamL |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ตก-ต่ำ |
| IPA | tòk tàm |
| Royal Thai General System | tok tam |
| 1. [verb] | |||
| definition | to become (clinically) depressed | ||
| components |  ตก  | dtohkL | to fall; to drop or pour down; to fail |
| ต่ำ | dtamL | [is] low; short; depressed; base | |
| sample sentence | ทำงานโรงงานเนี่ยนะ จะเหนื่อยแย่ก็จริง แต่ก็ดีกว่าจะหาเศษหาเลยจากอ้ายพวกฝรั่ง งอม ๆ ตกต่ำเป็นไหน ๆ นะโว้ย  thamM ngaanM ro:hngM ngaanM niiaF naH jaL neuuayL yaaeF gaawF jingM dtaaeL gaawF deeM gwaaL jaL haaR saehtL haaR leeuyM jaakL aaiF phuaakF faL rangL ngaawmM dtohkL dtamL bpenM naiR naiR naH wooyH "See, ya know - working in a factory, true - it’s exhausting - but it’s a helluva lot better than looking for scraps from those over the hill, broke farangs any day of the week!" | ||
| 2. ความตกต่ำ khwaamM dtohkL dtamL [noun] | |||
| definition | (clinical) depression | ||
| components | ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] |
| ตก | dtohkL | to fall; to drop or pour down; to fail | |
| ต่ำ | dtamL | [is] low; short; depressed; base | |
| 3. [adjective] | |||
| definition | [is] in decline; be depressed; in recession | ||
| components | ตก | dtohkL | to fall; to drop or pour down; to fail |
| ต่ำ | dtamL | [is] low; short; depressed; base | |
| synonyms | กระเป๋าอู๋สตางค์บ๊อ | graL bpaoR uuR saL dtaangM baawH | [is] penniless; poor; poverty stricken |
| ขัดสน | khatL sohnR | [is] needy; in need of | |
| ขาดแคลน | khaatL khlaaenM | [is] lacking of; short of; deficient | |
| เข็ญใจ | khenR jaiM | [is] poor; miserable | |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| ถังแตก | thangR dtaaekL | [is] broke; without money | |
| ทุคตะ | thookH khaH dtaL | [is] poor; distressed; wretched; indigent | |
| ฝืดเคือง | feuutL kheuuangM | [is] in distress; hard-pressed (for money); difficult; | |
| ฝืดเคือง | feuutL kheuuangM | [is] out of money; flat broke | |
| ยากเข็ญ | yaakF khenR | [is] in extreme poverty; difficulty | |
| ยากจน | yaakF johnM | [is] destitute, penniless, financially or materially poor [commonly used term] | |
| ยากจนข้นแค้น | yaakF johnM khohnF khaaenH | [is] extremely destitute, impoverished, poverty-stricken and needy | |
| ยากแค้น | yaakF khaaenH | [is] impoverish; poor; indigent; impecunious; destitute; needy; penniless | |
| สิ้นไร้ไม้ตอก | sinF raiH maaiH dtaawkL | [is] impoverished; indigent | |
| ไส้เป็นน้ำเหลือง | saiF bpenM naamH leuuangR | [is] impovershed | |
| อนาถา | aL naaM thaaR | [is] destitute; impoverished; pauperized; homeless | |
| อัตคัด | atL dtaL khatH | destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | |
| อับ | apL | unfortunately; unluckily | |
| อับจน | apL johnM | [is] impoverished; be poverty-stricken; be poor | |
| example | |||
| sample sentences | เมื่อใดที่ราคาที่ดิน และดรรชนีหุ้นตกต่ำ ความร่ำรวยของประเทศก็จะอันตรธานไป meuuaF daiM theeF raaM khaaM theeF dinM laeH datL chaH neeM hoonF dtohkL dtamL khwaamM ramF ruayM khaawngR bpraL thaehtF gaawF jaL anM dtaL raH thaanM bpaiM "Whenever the price of land and the stock indices decline, the wealth of the nation will vanish." | ||
พอแจ้งการไฟฟ้า ก็มาตรวจเช็คแล้วมาไฟตกต่ำกว่ามาตรฐาน เลยมาเดินสายไฟใหม่ให้ phaawM jaaengF gaanM faiM faaH gaawF maaM dtruaatL chekH laaeoH maaM faiM dtohkL dtamL gwaaL maatF dtraL thaanR leeuyM maaM deernM saaiR faiM maiL haiF "We contacted the Electric Power Authority; they came to check and found that our power was below the standard [voltage]. So, they ran a new line [to our home]." | |||
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