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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | หาก-คุน-ขืน-จะ-มัว-แต่-คิด-เล็ก-คิด-น้อย-ไม่-ดู-พาบ-รวม-ไม่-มี-ทาง-โคฺรง-กาน-นี้-จะ-เส็ด-ทัน-ไจ-แน่ |
IPA | hàːk kʰun kʰɯ̌ːn tɕàʔ muːa tɛ̀ː kʰít lék kʰít nɔ́ːj mâj duː pʰâːp ruːam mâj miː tʰaːŋ kʰroːŋ kaːn níː tɕàʔ sèt tʰan tɕaj nɛ̂ː |
Royal Thai General System | hak khun khuen cha mua tae khit lek khit noi mai du phap ruam mai mi thang khrongkan ni cha set than chai nae |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "If you insist on being all caught up with sweating the small stuff and can’t see the big picture, the project will never be finished on time." | ||
categories | |||
components | หาก | haakL | allowing that; if; despite; rather |
คุณ | khoonM | [singular and plural] you; your | |
ขืน | kheuunR | to resist; disobey; oppose; insist on | |
จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
มัวแต่ | muaaM dtaaeL | [is] so absorbed in; involved in (to the exclusion of all else) | |
คิดเล็กคิดน้อย | khitH lekH khitH naawyH | to sweat the small stuff, to be anal about it, nitpicky, be petty, be miserly, be overly punctilious, be all caught up in the minutiae, to split hairs. | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
ดู | duuM | to look at; examine; or inspect; to watch (for example, a film) | |
ภาพรวม | phaapF ruaamM | overall image; full perspective; the big picture | |
ไม่มีทาง | maiF meeM thaangM | [is] impossible | |
โครงการ | khro:hngM gaanM | a project, a plan | |
นี้ | neeH | this; these | |
จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
เสร็จ | setL | [is] finished; completed; ready | |
ทันใจ | thanM jaiM | [is] expeditious; efficient; speedy; rapid | |
แน่ | naaeF | for sure; certainly; truthfully | |