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| ยากเข็ญ yaakF khenR |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ยาก-เข็น |
| IPA | jâːk kʰěn |
| Royal Thai General System | yak khen |
| [adjective] | |||
| definition | [is] in extreme poverty; difficulty | ||
| components |  ยาก  | yaakF | [is] difficult; hard; not easy |
| เข็ญ | khenR | poor; impoverished; destitute; poverty-stricken | |
| 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 | |
| ตกต่ำ | dtohkL dtamL | [is] in decline; be depressed; in recession | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| sample sentences | |||
การขี่ม้าเข้าไปในป่าเป็นเรื่องลำบากยากเข็ญมาก เพราะกิ่งไม้กิ่งไผ่ขึ้นอยู่ระเกะระกะ gaanM kheeL maaH khaoF bpaiM naiM bpaaL bpenM reuuangF lamM baakL yaakF khenR maakF phrawH gingL maaiH gingL phaiL kheunF yuuL raH gehL raH gaL "Horse-back riding in the woods can be very difficult because of all the tree and bamboo branches everywhere." | |||
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