กระทั่ง(grà-tâng)
Meanings
1PrepositionB1
until; up to
until or up to a certain time, point, or limit
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เฝ้ารอfâo roเฝ้ารอfâo ro[to] await [sb/sth]; wait expectantlyที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotป้ายรถเมล์bpâai rót mayป้ายรถเมล์bpâai rót maybus stopกระทั่งgrà-tângกระทั่งgrà-tâng1until; up to2even (to the extent that)ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeหยุดyùtหยุดyùt1[to] stop; halt2holiday; day off; breakตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decrease
I waited at the bus stop until the rain stopped.
2AdverbB2
even (to the extent that)
emphasizes an extreme or surprising example or degree
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขยันkà-yănขยันkà-yănhardworking; diligentมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyกระทั่งgrà-tângกระทั่งgrà-tâng1until; up to2even (to the extent that)ป่วยbpùaiป่วยbpùai1sick; ill; unwell2[to] be ill; fall sick3be troubled (formal/lit.)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateไม่หยุดmâi yùtไม่หยุดmâi yùt1non-stop; without stopping2[to] not stop; keep going
He is so diligent that even when sick, he still keeps working.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แม้แต่máe dtàeแม้แต่máe dtàeeven (emphasizing an extreme or unlikely example)
even (emphasizing an extreme or unlikely example)
แม้กระทั่งmáe grà-tângแม้กระทั่งmáe grà-tângeven; so much as
even; so much as
จนกระทั่งjon grà-tângจนกระทั่งjon grà-tânguntil; up to the point that
until; up to the point that
จนกว่าจะjon gwàa jàจนกว่าจะjon gwàa jàuntil
until
จนถึงjon tĕungจนถึงjon tĕung1as far as; all the way to (place/extent)2until; up to (time/point)
- as far as; all the way to (place/extent)
- until; up to (time/point)