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| เพียงไร phiiangM raiM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เพียง-ไร |
| IPA | pʰiːaŋ raj |
| Royal Thai General System | phiang rai |
| [adverb] | |||
| definition | how much; to the extent that | ||
| components |  เพียง  | phiiangM | only; merely; uAp until the point; as much as; as far as; till; just until |
| ไร [an alternate spelling or pronunciation] | raiM | [always indicating a question] what; where; which; when | |
| synonym | เพียงใด | phiiangM daiM | how much/many; how; to what extent |
| sample sentence | เวลา ๓ ปีในป่าห้วยขาแข้ง ซุ้มบังไพรเป็นเครื่องมือ ไม่เพียงจะทำให้รู้ว่า "โลก" ข้างนอกที่เฝ้ามองอยู่ใหญ่เพียงไร waehM laaM saamR bpeeM naiM bpaaL huayF khaaR khaaengF soomH bangM phraiM bpenM khreuuangF meuuM maiF phiiangM jaL thamM haiF ruuH waaF lo:hkF khaangF naawkF theeF faoF maawngM yuuL yaiL phiiangM raiM "During [my] three years in the Huai Kha Khaeng forest, [my] blind served as a tool, not only to know how large the outside world which was watching me really was..." | ||
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