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| คับ khapH | ![]() |
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| 1. | tight; confined; crowded; closely packed; tight-fitting; close-fitting |
| 2. | [informal pronounciation of] ครับ ![]() |
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| Phonemic Thai | คับ |
| IPA | kʰáp |
| Royal Thai General System | khap |
1.  [adjective] | |||
| definition | tight; confined; crowded; closely packed; tight-fitting; close-fitting | ||
| examples | บังคับ![]() ![]() | bangM khapH | to force; compel; command; control; coerce; enforce; compulsory; mandatory |
คับอกคับใจ![]() ![]() | khapH ohkL khapH jaiM | [is] depressed (or melancholic, disconsolate) | |
คับข้องใจ![]() | khapH khaawngF jaiM | [is] frustrated; feels constrained | |
คับใจ![]() | khapH jaiM | [is] discontented; disconcerted; embarrassed; distressed; depressed | |
คับแค้นใจ![]() | khapH khaaenH jaiM | [is] resentful; to harbor feeling of anger or resentment | |
คับแคบ![]() | khapH khaaepF | [is] narrow; small; cramped; restricted; close; limited; contracted | |
คับแคบ![]() | khapH khaaepF | [is] narrow-minded, small-minded, unhelpful, ungenerous | |
คับโพรง![]() | khapH phro:hngM | [is] forced to live in too small a den or hole | |
คับแค้น![]() | khapH khaaenH | distressfully; in a troubled manner; miserably | |
| 2.  [particle, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [informal pronounciation of] ครับ ![]() | ||
| related words | ครับ ![]() | khrapH | [word added by a male speaker to the end of every sentence to convey politeness] "yes"; "that's right"; "I see." |
คะ ![]() | khaH | [word added by a female speaker to the end of every question to convey politeness] | |
ค่ะ ![]() | khaF | [word added by a female speaker to the end of every statement to convey politeness] | |
| จ๊ะ | jaH | [word added to the end of a statement or question when speaking to a person of lower status] | |
| example | ดีคับ![]() | deeM khapH | Yeah; good! [male saying the word ครับ informally] |

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