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| 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 |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เรา-พะ-ยา-ยาม-จัด-วาง-คฺวาม-คิด-ปฺระ-ชา-ชน-ไฮ่-หฺยู่-ไน-กฺรอบ-ของ-คฺวาม-พอ-เพียง-ด้วย-คฺวาม-หฺวัง-ว่า-คน-ไท-จะ-หฺลุด-จาก-วัง-วะ-นะ-ของ-กาน-ดิ้น-รน-ไป-ไน-ตาม-กฺระ-แส-บอ-ริ-โพก-นิ-ยม |
| IPA | raw pʰá jaː jaːm tɕàt waːŋ kʰwaːm kʰít pràʔ tɕʰaː tɕʰon hâj jùː naj krɔ̀ːp kʰɔ̌ːŋ kʰwaːm pʰɔː pʰiːaŋ dûaj kʰwaːm wǎŋ wâː kʰon tʰaj tɕàʔ lùt tɕàːk waŋ wá ná kʰɔ̌ːŋ kaːn dîn ron paj naj taːm kràʔ sɛ̌ː bɔː ríʔ pʰôːk níʔ jom |
| Royal Thai General System | rao phayayam chat wang khwam khit prachachon hai yu nai krop khong khwam pho phiang duai khwam wang wa khon thai cha lut chak wang wana khong kan dinron pai nai tam krasae boriphok niyom |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "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." | ||
| components |  เรา  | raoM | we; us; our |
| พยายาม | phaH yaaM yaamM | to attempt; try; persevere; endeavor; make an effort | |
จัดวาง | jatL waangM | to arrange (goods on a table, e.g.); deploy (military forces or personnel); set forth (a plan) | |
| ความคิด | khwaamM khitH | an idea; thought; notion; thinking | |
| ประชาชน | bpraL chaaM chohnM | citizens, the public; people | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| อยู่ | yuuL | is (located at); to reside; to live (at); stay; exist at a particular point in time | |
| ใน | naiM | in; inside; within; amidst; into; on; at a particular time | |
| กรอบ | graawpL | frame; border; margin; edge | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] | |
| พอเพียง | phaawM phiiangM | enough; sufficient | |
| ด้วย | duayF | together; along with; also; too; as well; likewise; in addition to doing some other thing (as another action performed by the same subject) | |
| ความหวัง | khwaamM wangR | hope; expectation; desire | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| คนไทย | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| หลุด | lootL | [of a button; for example] to come off; to become detached; to fall off; [of a group] break up | |
| จาก | jaakL | from | |
| วังวน | wangM waH naH | pool of water; whirlpool | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] | |
| ดิ้นรน | dinF rohnM | to struggle | |
| ไป | bpaiM | to go; <subject> goes | |
| ใน | naiM | in; inside; within; amidst; into; on; at a particular time | |
| ตามกระแส | dtaamM graL saaeR | to follow the mainstream; follow fashion | |
| บริโภคนิยม | baawM riH pho:hkF niH yohmM | Consumerism (Economics) | |
| related word | "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 "“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." | ||
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