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| ยากจน yaakF johnM |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ยาก-จน |
| IPA | jâːk tɕon |
| Royal Thai General System | yak chon |
| 1. [adjective] | |||
| definition | [commonly used term] destitute, penniless, financially or materially poor | ||
| components |  ยาก  | yaakF | [is] difficult; hard; not easy |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| synonyms | ขัดสน | khatL sohnR | [is] needy |
ขาดแคลน | khaatL khlaaenM | [is] lacking of; short of; deficient | |
| เข็ญใจ | khenR jaiM | [is] poor; miserable | |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| ตกต่ำ | dtohkL dtamL | [is] in decline; be depressed; in recession | |
| ทุคตะ | thookH khaH dtaL | [is] poor; distressed; wretched; indigent | |
| ฝืดเคือง | feuutL kheuuangM | [is] in distress | |
| ยากเข็ญ | yaakF khenR | [is] in extreme poverty; difficulty | |
| ยากจนข้นแค้น | yaakF johnM khohnF khaaenH | [is] extremely destitute, impoverished, poverty-stricken and needy | |
| ยากแค้น | yaakF khaaenH | [is] impoverish; poor; indigent; impecunious; destitute; needy; penniless | |
| ไส้เป็นน้ำเหลือง | saiF bpenM naamH leuuangR | [is] impovershed | |
| อนาถา | aL naaM thaaR | [is] destitute; impoverished; pauperized; homeless | |
| อัตคัด | atL dtaL khatH | destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | |
| อับ | apL | unfortunately; unluckily | |
| อับจน | apL johnM | [is] impoverished; be poverty-stricken; be poor | |
| examples | คนยากจน | khohnM yaakF johnM | a poor person |
| ยากจนข้นแค้น | yaakF johnM khohnF khaaenH | [is] extremely destitute, impoverished, poverty-stricken and needy | |
| sample sentences | เขากำลังพยายามจะธำรงสภาพเหลื่อมล้ำต่ำสูงระหว่างโลกที่ร่ำรวยและโลกที่ยากจน khaoR gamM langM phaH yaaM yaamM jaL thamM rohngM saL phaapF leuuamL lamH dtamL suungR raH waangL lo:hkF theeF ramF ruayM laeH lo:hkF theeF yaakF johnM "He is trying to maintain the inequality between the world of the rich and the world of the poor." | ||
เพื่อนยากจนไม่มีเวลาดูหนังสือ วัน ๆ ต้องช่วยพ่อแม่ทำงานไม่ว่างเว้น pheuuanF yaakF johnM maiF meeM waehM laaM duuM nangR seuuR wanM wanM dtawngF chuayF phaawF maaeF thamM ngaanM maiF waangF wenH "My friend, who is very poor and has no time to study, has to help his mother and father in their business without fail." | |||
ผมเป็นคนไม่มั่งมีแต่ไม่ยากจนด้วย ผมก็มีรายได้พอใช้ แต่ไม่เหลือเฟือ ผมถือหลักเศรษฐกิจพอเพียง phohmR bpenM khohnM maiF mangF meeM dtaaeL maiF yaakF johnM duayF phohmR gaawF meeM raaiM daiF phaawM chaiH dtaaeL maiF leuuaR feuuaM phohmR theuuR lakL saehtL thaL gitL phaawM phiiangM "I am not a rich man; but I am not poor either. I have enough income for my own use but not any extra. I believe in the principles of the ‘sufficiency economy.’" | |||
เกษตรกรไทย ถูกบีบให้ยากจนตลอดมา และนี่ก็คือต้นตอปัญหาความเหลื่อมล้ำในสังคมไทยนั่นเอง gaL saehtL dtraL gaawnM thaiM thuukL beepL haiF yaakF johnM dtaL laawtL maaM laeH neeF gaawF kheuuM dtohnF dtaawM bpanM haaR khwaamM leuuamL lamH naiM sangR khohmM thaiM nanF aehngM "Thai farmers have been consistently pushed into poverty and this has certainly been the source of the problem of inequality within Thai society." | |||
| 2. ความยากจน khwaamM yaakF johnM [noun] | |||
| definition | poverty | ||
| components | ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] |
| ยาก | yaakF | [is] difficult; hard; not easy | |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| examples | |||
| เส้นความยากจน | senF khwaamM yaakF johnM | the poverty line [economic measure] | |
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