ขยายพันธุ์(kă-yăai pan)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] propagate (plants); breed (animals)

To increase numbers of a species or variety, especially by propagating plants (e.g., cuttings, grafting, seed) or breeding animals.

Examples

คุณย่าkun yâaคุณย่าkun yâapaternal grandmother; father’s mother (honorific/term of address)สอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai panขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai pan1[to] propagate (plants); breed (animals)2[to] propagate; multiply (organisms/microbes)กุหลาบgù-làapกุหลาบgù-làaprose (flower)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toวิธีwí-teeวิธีwí-tee1method; way2manner; wayการปักชำgaan bpàk chamการปักชำgaan bpàk champropagation by cuttings
My grandmother taught me how to propagate roses using cuttings.
2VerbB2

[to] propagate; multiply (organisms/microbes)

To cultivate or increase the amount of an organism, such as microbes or fungi, in controlled conditions.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterทำโยเกิร์ตtam yoh-gèrtทำโยเกิร์ตtam yoh-gèrt1[to] make yogurt2[to] culture milk for yogurtเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)เชื้อchéuuaเชื้อchéuua1germ; pathogen2fuel; combustible material3lineage; ancestry4culture; starter5cause; source (of trouble)khởiđầuลงไปlong bpaiลงไปlong bpai1[to] go down; descend (away)2directional particle: down/into (away)3and below; downward from (a point)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นมnomนมnom1milk2breast; boob (informal)3dairy; milky (used before nouns)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai panขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai pan1[to] propagate (plants); breed (animals)2[to] propagate; multiply (organisms/microbes)แบคทีเรียbàek-tee-riiaแบคทีเรียbàek-tee-riiabacterium (sing.); bacteria (pl.)
To make yogurt, we have to add a starter culture to the milk to cultivate the bacteria.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ทำพันธุ์tam panทำพันธุ์tam pan[to] breed (animals); [to] propagate (plants)

[to] breed (animals); [to] propagate (plants)

แพร่พันธุ์prâe panแพร่พันธุ์prâe pan1[to] breed; proliferate (of species)2[to] breed; propagate [a species]
  • [to] breed; proliferate (of species)
  • [to] breed; propagate [a species]
สืบพันธุ์sèup panสืบพันธุ์sèup pan1[to] reproduce2reproductive
  • [to] reproduce
  • reproductive
เพาะพันธุ์pór panเพาะพันธุ์pór pan1[to] breed; propagate (plants/animals)2[to] selectively breed; develop varieties/strains
  • [to] breed; propagate (plants/animals)
  • [to] selectively breed; develop varieties/strains
ผสมพันธุ์pà-sŏm panผสมพันธุ์pà-sŏm pan[to] breed/mate (animals); [to] breed/crossbreed (plants)

[to] breed/mate (animals); [to] breed/crossbreed (plants)

Word Breakdown

ขยายkà-yăaiขยายkà-yăai1[to] expand; enlarge; extend2[to] lengthen; prolong3[to] magnify; zoom in4[to] elaborate; clarify5[to] spread; propagate; proliferatePart 1
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พันธุ์panพันธุ์pan1genetic lineage2kind/type (colloquial)3seed (for planting)4breed/variety/strainPart 2
ขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai panขยายพันธุ์kă-yăai pan[to] propagate (plants); breed (animals)