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| เณรเคาะประตูได้ยินเสียง "เชิญ" เลื่อนประตูออก เห็นหลวงพ่อกำลังนั่งจิบชาอ่านหนังสือพิมพ์ naehnM khawH bpraL dtuuM daiF yinM siiangR cheernM leuuanF bpraL dtuuM aawkL henR luaangR phaawF gamM langM nangF jipL chaaM aanL nangR seuuR phimM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เนน-เคาะ-ปฺระ-ตู-ได้-ยิน-เสียง-เชิน-เลื่อน-ปฺระ-ตู-ออก-เห็น-หฺลวง-พ่อ-กำ-ลัง-นั่ง-จิบ-ชา-อ่าน-หฺนัง-สือ-พิม |
| IPA | neːn kʰɔ́ʔ pràʔ tuː dâj jin sǐːaŋ tɕʰɤːn lɯ̂ːan pràʔ tuː ʔɔ̀ːk hěn lǔːaŋ pʰɔ̂ː kam laŋ nâŋ tɕìp tɕʰaː ʔàːn nǎŋ sɯ̌ː pʰim |
| Royal Thai General System | nen kho pratu dai yin siang choen luean pratu ok hen luang pho kamlang nang chip cha an nangsue phim |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "The novice knocked on the door; hear a voice asking him to enter. He opened the door and saw the monk sitting and sipping tea while reading the newspaper." | ||
| components | เณร  | naehnM | Buddhist novice or monk [typically] below the age of twenty; title used to refer to a novice |
เคาะประตู | khawH bpraL dtuuM | to knock on the door | |
| ได้ยิน | daiF yinM | [past and perfect tenses] heard; did hear; has heard | |
 เสียง | siiangR | tone; sound; volume; noise | |
| เชิญ | cheernM | please (when used as an invitation); to ask or invite | |
| เลื่อน | leuuanF | to slide; to slip; to glide; to skid | |
| ประตู | bpraL dtuuM | door; gate; doorway; entrance | |
| ออก | aawkL | [resultative grammatical marker; directional auxiliary meaning "away" or "out"] | |
| เห็น | henR | to see; visualize | |
| หลวงพ่อ | luaangR phaawF | [honorific for a high ranking monk] | |
| กำลัง | gamM langM | [auxiliary verb indicating the present participle, meaning "in the act of" or "in the process of", similar to the English suffix, "-ing"] | |
| นั่ง | nangF | to sit or be sitting | |
| จิบ | jipL | to sip; to drink; to taste | |
| ชา | chaaM | [general] tea | |
| อ่าน | aanL | to read; <subject> reads | |
| หนังสือพิมพ์ | nangR seuuR phimM | newspaper | |
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