กว่านั้น(gwàa nán)
Meanings
1AdverbB1
more than that; beyond that
indicates a degree, amount, or extent greater than what was just mentioned
Examples
ห้องนี้hông néeห้องนี้hông néethis roomร้อนrónร้อนrón1hot (temperature)2spicy (taste)3[to] be hot; become hot; heat (sth) up4urgent; intense5hot (season/weather)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsข้างๆkâang kâangข้างๆkâang kâang1beside; next to2nearby; at the side; next door3adjacent; neighboring; next-door4the adjacent person/place (elliptical)ร้อนกว่าrón gwàaร้อนกว่าrón gwàahotterนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)อีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)
This room is hot, but the room next door is even hotter than that.
2AdverbB1
than that (in comparisons)
used as the comparative standard meaning than that/than this (e.g., not bigger than that; bigger than that)
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยากได้yàak dâiอยากได้yàak dâi[to] want (to have); would like (to get)อันanอันan1which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)2thing; item (formal/archaic)3classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)4that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเล็กกว่าlék gwàaเล็กกว่าlék gwàasmaller (than)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)
I'd like one that's smaller than that.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
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กว่านั้นgwàa nánกว่านั้นgwàa nánmore than that; beyond that