กว่าที่(gwàa têe)
Meanings
1ConjunctionB1
than (what/that)
used after a comparative to show what is being compared, as in 'more/less ... than (what/that) ...'
Examples
ห้องพักhông pákห้องพักhông pák1room (for staying/sleeping)2accommodation; lodging (collective)3break room; loungeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsโรงแรมrohng raemโรงแรมrohng raemhotel; lodging establishmentสวยsŭuaiสวยsŭuai1beautiful; pretty2perfect; flawless (ironic)3nicely done; fineกว่าที่gwàa têeกว่าที่gwàa têe1than (what/that)2not until; by the time thatฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)รูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical form
The hotel room is more beautiful than what I saw in the pictures.
2ConjunctionB2
not until; by the time that
used with จะจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals) (กว่าที่จะ…) to show that something happens only after a certain point or event, often implying delay, as in “not until … / by the time that …”
Examples
กว่าที่gwàa têeกว่าที่gwàa têe1than (what/that)2not until; by the time thatเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปถึงbpai tĕungไปถึงbpai tĕung1[to] arrive at; get to; reach (a place)2[to] reach; extend to (level/amount/scope)3[to] reach; be delivered to (sb/sth)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkเกือบgèuapเกือบgèuap1almost; nearly2almost all; nearly allหมดแล้วmòt láewหมดแล้วmòt láewall gone; finished; sold out
By the time we got to the market, they had almost finished packing up their stalls.
Word Breakdown
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กว่าที่gwàa têeกว่าที่gwàa têethan (what/that)