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| นักการเมืองไม่ใช่นักบุญ ดังนั้น โปรดอย่าตกใจที่เห็นนักการเมืองสับปลับ ตอแหล เห็นแก่เงิน เห็นแก่ผลประโยชน์ของตนเองและพวกพ้อง nakH gaanM meuuangM maiF chaiF nakH boonM dangM nanH bpro:htL yaaL dtohkL jaiM theeF henR nakH gaanM meuuangM sapL bplapL dtaawM laaeR henR gaaeL ngernM henR gaaeL phohnR bpraL yo:htL khaawngR dtohnM aehngM laeH phuaakF phaawngH |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | นัก-กาน-เมือง-ไม่-ไช่-นัก-บุน-ดัง-นั้น-โปฺรด-หฺย่า-ตก-ไจ-ที่-เห็น-นัก-กาน-เมือง-สับ-ปฺลับ-ตอ-แหฺล-เห็น-แก่-เงิน-เห็น-แก่-ผน-ปฺระ-โหฺยด-ของ-ตน-เอง-และ-พวก-พ้อง |
| IPA | nák kaːn mɯːaŋ mâj tɕʰâj nák bun daŋ nán pròːt jàː tòk tɕaj tʰîː hěn nák kaːn mɯːaŋ sàp plàp tɔː lɛ̌ː hěn kɛ̀ː ŋɤn hěn kɛ̀ː pʰǒn pràʔ jòːt kʰɔ̌ːŋ ton ʔeːŋ lɛ́ʔ pʰûːak pʰɔ́ːŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | nak kan mueang mai chai nak bun dang nan prot ya tok chai thi hen nak kan mueang sapplap tolae hen kae ngoen hen kae phon prayot khong ton eng lae phuak phong |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Politicians are no saints. Therefore, do not be surprised when you see politicians be deceitful, prevaricate, be mercenary, and seek to act only for the benefit of themselves and their cronies." | ||
| components | นักการเมือง  | nakH gaanM meuuangM | politician |
| ไม่ใช่ | maiF chaiF | not; is not | |
| นักบุญ | nakH boonM | saint; holyman; virtuous person | |
| ดังนั้น | dangM nanH | so; therefore; in consequence; the aforementioned | |
 โปรด | bpro:htL | [a formal word of request] "please" | |
| อย่า | yaaL | don't...; do not...; don't be...; doesn't | |
| ตกใจ | dtohkL jaiM | [is] startled; shocked; scared; frightened | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| เห็น | henR | to see; visualize | |
| นักการเมือง | nakH gaanM meuuangM | politician | |
| สับปลับ | sapL bplapL | [is] unreliable; deceitful; deceptive | |
| ตอแหล | dtaawM laaeR | [colloquial expletive that was formerly used chiefly with women but now is used to criticize men, too] to fib; lie; prevaricate; equivocate; evade; beat about the bush; dodge; hedge | |
| เห็นแก่เงิน | henR gaaeL ngernM | [is] greedy, avaricious, covetous, mercenary | |
| เห็นแก่ | henR gaaeL | to think (only) of; is obsessed by | |
| ผลประโยชน์ | phohnR bpraL yo:htL | beneficial effect; positive interest; profit; proceeds; income; gain | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ตนเอง | dtohnM aehngM | himself; oneself; ourselves; themselves | |
| และ | laeH | and | |
| พวกพ้อง | phuaakF phaawngH | group of like-minded people; faction | |
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