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| "บริโภคนิยม" กลายเป็นวัฒนธรรมร่วมสมัย ที่ครอบงำความคิดผู้คนให้อยากมี อยากได้ไม่รู้หยุดหย่อน นำพาผู้คนทั้งโลกล่องลอยไปตามกระแสที่จะสร้างความร่ำรวยให้คนส่วนน้อยร่ำรวยยิ่งใหญ่ baawM riH pho:hkF niH yohmM glaaiM bpenM watH thaH naH thamM ruaamF saL maiR theeF khraawpF ngamM khwaamM khitH phuuF khohnM haiF yaakL meeM yaakL daiF maiF ruuH yootL yaawnL namM phaaM phuuF khohnM thangH lo:hkF laawngF laawyM bpaiM dtaamM graL saaeR theeF jaL saangF khwaamM ramF ruayM haiF khohnM suaanL naawyH ramF ruayM yingF yaiL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บอ-ริ-โพก-นิ-ยม-กฺลาย-เป็น-วัด-ทะ-นะ-ทัม-ร่วม-สะ-หฺมัย-ที่-คฺรอบ-งำ-คฺวาม-คิด-พู่-คน-ไฮ่-หฺยาก-มี-หฺยาก-ได้-ไม่-รู้-หฺยุด-หฺย่อน-นำ-พา-พู่-คน-ทั้ง-โลก-ล่อง-ลอย-ไป-ตาม-กฺระ-แส-ที่-จะ-ซ่าง-คฺวาม-ร่ำ-รวย-ไฮ่-คน-ส่วน-น้อย-ร่ำ-รวย-ยิ่ง-ไหฺย่ |
| IPA | bɔː ríʔ pʰôːk níʔ jom klaːj pen wát tʰá ná tʰam rûːam sà mǎj tʰîː kʰrɔ̂ːp ŋam kʰwaːm kʰít pʰûː kʰon hâj jàːk miː jàːk dâj mâj rúː jùt jɔ̀ːn nam pʰaː pʰûː kʰon tʰáŋ lôːk lɔ̂ːŋ lɔːj paj taːm kràʔ sɛ̌ː tʰîː tɕàʔ sâːŋ kʰwaːm râm ruaj hâj kʰon sùːan nɔ́ːj râm ruaj jîŋ jàj |
| Royal Thai General System | boriphok niyom klai pen watthanatham ruam samai thi khropngam khwam khit phu khon hai yak mi yak dai mai ru yut yon nam pha phu khon thang lok long loi pai tam krasae thi cha sang khwam ram ruai hai khon suan noi ram ruai ying yai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "“Consumerism” has become the contemporary culture which causes people to want to possess [things] without interruption. [Consumerism] leads people all over the world to drift along with the current fashions which creates wealth to make a small number of wealthy people even richer." | ||
| components | บริโภคนิยม | baawM riH pho:hkF niH yohmM | Consumerism (Economics) |
กลายเป็น | glaaiM bpenM | to become | |
| วัฒนธรรม | watH thaH naH thamM | culture; civil behavior | |
| ร่วมสมัย | ruaamF saL maiR | [is] contemporary | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| ครอบงำ | khraawpF ngamM | to dominate; overpower; reign; overshadow; override; predominate | |
| ความคิด | khwaamM khitH | an idea; thought; notion; thinking | |
| ผู้คน | phuuF khohnM | an individual, a person; folk; people | |
 ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| อยาก | yaakL | [auxiliary verb] to want; desire; crave for | |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| อยาก | yaakL | [auxiliary verb] to want; desire; crave for | |
| ได้ | daiF | to receive; to obtain; acquire; get; have got | |
| ไม่รู้หยุดหย่อน | maiF ruuH yootL yaawnL | non-stop; without cessation; tirelessly | |
| นำ | namM | to lead or precede | |
| พา | phaaM | to bring; take; head a procession; lead the way; conduct; show the way; carry; lead people or animals; take along | |
| ผู้คน | phuuF khohnM | an individual, a person; folk; people | |
| ทั้งโลก | thangH lo:hkF | all over the world; worldwide | |
| ล่องลอย | laawngF laawyM | to float; drift; bob; sail; glide; move gently; slip along; slide | |
| ไป | bpaiM | to go; <subject> goes | |
| ตามกระแส | dtaamM graL saaeR | to follow the mainstream; follow fashion | |
| ที่จะ | theeF jaL | to; of; that | |
| สร้าง | saangF | to build; construct; create; establish; to cause | |
| ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] | |
| ร่ำรวย | ramF ruayM | [is] wealthy | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| ส่วนน้อย | suaanL naawyH | the least; minority | |
| ร่ำรวย | ramF ruayM | [is] wealthy | |
| ยิ่งใหญ่ | yingF yaiL | very much | |
| related word | เราพยายามจัดวางความคิดประชาชนให้อยู่ในกรอบของ "ความพอเพียง" ด้วยความหวังว่าคนไทยจะหลุดจากวังวนของการดิ้นรนไปในตามกระแสบริโภคนิยม raoM phaH yaaM yaamM jatL waangM khwaamM khitH bpraL chaaM chohnM haiF yuuL naiM graawpL khaawngR khwaamM phaawM phiiangM duayF khwaamM wangR waaF khohnM thaiM jaL lootL jaakL wangM waH naH khaawngR gaanM dinF rohnM bpaiM naiM dtaamM graL saaeR baawM riH pho:hkF niH yohmM "We tried to channel the thinking of the people within the confines of “sufficiency” with the hope that the Thais will free themselves from constantly struggling against the downward spiral of Consumerism." | ||
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