ก่อร่างสร้าง(gòr râang sâang)

Meanings

1VerbC1

[to] form and build; establish

to shape and develop something from the ground up; to establish or build up (often used of organizations, systems, or projects)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillและláeและláeand (coordinating)เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherก่อร่างสร้างgòr râang sâangก่อร่างสร้างgòr râang sâang1[to] form and build; establish2[to] take shape; begin to formธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)ตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่มีอะไรmâi mee à-raiไม่มีอะไรmâi mee à-rai1nothing; there is nothing2it's nothing; nothing's wrongเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He and his friends worked together to build this business up from nothing.
2VerbC1

[to] take shape; begin to form

to start to coalesce or come into being; to take shape (often in set phrases such as “ก่อร่างสร้างตัวก่อร่างสร้างตัวgòr râang sâang dtuua1[to] establish oneself from scratch; get established2[to] take shape; begin to form (of a group/plan)/ขึ้นขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appear”)

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)เรียนจบriian jòpเรียนจบriian jòp[to] graduate; complete one's studiesเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàkทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàk1[to] work hard2[to] be under heavy loadเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofก่อร่างสร้างตัวgòr râang sâang dtuuaก่อร่างสร้างตัวgòr râang sâang dtuua1[to] establish oneself from scratch; get established2[to] take shape; begin to form (of a group/plan)
After graduating, he worked hard to build a future for himself.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ก่อร่างgò râangก่อร่างgò râang[to] form; take shape; lay the groundwork for [sth]Part 1
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สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developPart 2
ก่อร่างสร้างgòr râang sâangก่อร่างสร้างgòr râang sâang[to] form and build; establish