กันดาร(gan-daan)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
barren; arid; desolate; remote
dry and lacking water; hard for plants or people to live in; desolate or far from services
Examples
ฤดูร้อนrú-duu rónฤดูร้อนrú-duu rón1summer; hot season2summer; for summerที่นี่têe nêeที่นี่têe nêe1here; at this place2this place; the current locationดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)กันดารgan-daanกันดารgan-daan1barren; arid; desolate; remote2scarce; meagerน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)บ่อbòrบ่อbòr1pit; hole; excavation2well (water)3pond; pool4classifier: wells/ponds/pitsแห้งhâengแห้งhâeng1dry; not wet2[to] dry; [to] become dry3plain (no soup/sauce)4dry (skin/air/condition)5stingy; unemotional; dry humor (colloq.)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตักน้ำdtàk námตักน้ำdtàk nám1[to] scoop/draw water2[to] bail water (out)ไกลglaiไกลglai1far; distant2far (in time/relationship); distant3far; to a distant place
In the summer here the land is arid; the well dries up so people have to fetch water from far away.
2AdjectiveB2
scarce; meager
in short supply; not enough of needed resources or services
Examples
ช่วงนี้chûuang néeช่วงนี้chûuang née1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodหน้ากากอนามัยnâa-gàak à-naa-maiหน้ากากอนามัยnâa-gàak à-naa-maimedical face mask; surgical maskกันดารgan-daanกันดารgan-daan1barren; arid; desolate; remote2scarce; meagerทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ร้านขายยาráan kăai yaaร้านขายยาráan kăai yaapharmacy; drugstore; chemist’s (BrE)เติมdtermเติมdterm1[to] fill; fill up2[to] add; supplement3[to] top up; refill (services/money)สต็อกsà-dtòkสต็อกsà-dtòk1stock (financial shares) [loan/less common]2[to] stock; keep in inventory3stock; inventory (goods on hand)ไม่ทันmâi tanไม่ทันmâi tan1not in time; too late2[to] miss [sth]; fail to be in time (for [sth])3[to] not keep up (with [sb]/[sth]); be outpaced4[to] not get the chance to (do [sth])
Currently face masks are in short supply, making pharmacies unable to restock in time.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ขาดแคลนkàat klaenขาดแคลนkàat klaen1scarce; lacking2[to] be in short supply; lack
- scarce; lacking
- [to] be in short supply; lack
ทุรกันดารtú-rá-gan-daanทุรกันดารtú-rá-gan-daanremote; rugged; underdeveloped
remote; rugged; underdeveloped
ห่างไกลhàang glaiห่างไกลhàang glai1far; distant; remote2be far from; lie far from3be free from; be insulated from (danger, problems)
- far; distant; remote
- be far from; lie far from
- be free from; be insulated from (danger, problems)
ฝืดเคืองfèuut keuuangฝืดเคืองfèuut keuuang1scarce; in short supply2scarcity; hardship
- scarce; in short supply
- scarcity; hardship
อัตคัดàt-tá-kátอัตคัดàt-tá-kátscarce; in short supply; in need
scarce; in short supply; in need