ข้างใน
kâang naiMeanings
1AdverbA1
inside; within
in the inside part; within; on the inner side
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainข้างในkâang naiข้างในkâang nai1inside; within2inside (of); within3the inside; the interior4Inner Court; female royal household (historical)ครับkrápครับkráppolite particle (male speaker)
Dad is inside.
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Is it hot inside?
ข้างนอกkâang nôkฝนตกหนักfŏn dtòk nàkมากmâakเราraoนั่งnângรอrorข้างในkâang naiกันganก่อนgònดีกว่าdee gwàa
It's raining heavily outside. It's better if we sit and wait inside first.
The sound of music is coming from inside.
2PrepositionA1
inside (of); within
used before a noun phrase to mean ‘inside (of) …’ (e.g., inside the box, within the room)
Examples
แมวmaeoแมวmaeocatอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainข้างในkâang naiข้างในkâang nai1inside; within2inside (of); within3the inside; the interior4Inner Court; female royal household (historical)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivated
The cat is inside the house.
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What is inside the box?
Could you please put the things inside the car?
Don't go inside that building, it's dangerous.
3NounA2
the inside; the interior
the inner part of something; the interior
Examples
ข้างในkâang naiข้างในkâang nai1inside; within2inside (of); within3the inside; the interior4Inner Court; female royal household (historical)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsกล่องglòngกล่องglòng1box; case; container2classifier: boxes; box-shaped containersนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ว่างเปล่าwâang bplàoว่างเปล่าwâang bplào1empty; vacant2blank; devoid of content3meaningless; hollow (figurative)
The inside of this box is empty.
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I like the interior decoration of this coffee shop.
ข้างในkâang naiของkŏngแตงโมdtaeng mohลูกlôokนี้néeเป็นbpenสีเหลืองsĕe lĕuuangไม่ใช่mâi châiสีแดงsĕe daeng
The inside of this watermelon is yellow, not red.
ถึงแม้tĕung máeภายนอกpaai nôkจะjàดูdooเก่าgàoแต่dtàeข้างในkâang naiของkŏngบ้านbâanถูกtòokรีโนเวทree-no-wétใหม่màiทั้งหมดtáng mòt
Even though the outside looks old, the interior of the house has been completely renovated.
4NounC1
Inner Court; female royal household (historical)
The part of a royal palace used by the king's wives, female relatives, and attendants, or the women who lived there.
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เขตkètเขตkèt1district (administrative)2area; zone3boundary; limit4jurisdictionในวังnai wangในวังnai wangin the palaceที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerพระมเหสีprá má-hăy-sĕeพระมเหสีprá má-hăy-sĕequeen consortและláeและláeand (coordinating)เจ้านายjâo naaiเจ้านายjâo naai1boss; employer; superior2master; owner (of servant or animal)3royalty; member of a royal familyฝ่ายหญิงfàai yĭngฝ่ายหญิงfàai yĭngthe female side; female partyประทับอยู่bprà-táp yòoประทับอยู่bprà-táp yòo1[to] be present/reside (royal/sacred)2[to] be seated/enshrined (royal/sacred)เรียกว่าrîiak wâaเรียกว่าrîiak wâa1[to] be called; be known/termed as2[to] call; name [sb/sth]; refer to as3you could say; that is to say; effectivelyข้างในkâang naiข้างในkâang nai1inside; within2inside (of); within3the inside; the interior4Inner Court; female royal household (historical)
The area of the palace where the king’s consorts and female members of the royal family lived was called the “inner court.”
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หญิงสาวyĭng săaoที่têeเข้าkâoถวายตัวtà-wăai dtuuaเป็นbpenนางข้าหลวงnaang kâa lŭuangต้องdtôngเรียนriianรู้ธรรมเนียมrúu tam-niiamของkŏngข้างในkâang naiก่อนจะgòn jàเริ่มrêrmรับใช้ráp cháiเจ้านายjâo naai
Young women entering royal service as female attendants had to learn the customs of the inner court before beginning to serve their royal mistresses.
แม้máeข้างในkâang naiจะเป็นjà bpenเขตหวงห้ามkèt hŭuang hâamสำหรับsăm-ràpบุรุษbù-rùtแต่dtàeก็gâwเป็นbpenศูนย์กลางsŏon glaangการถ่ายทอดgaan tàai tôtงานฝีมือngaan fĕe meuuและláeขนบธรรมเนียมkà-nòp tam-niiamของkŏngสตรีsà-dtreeในnaiราชสำนักrâat-chá-săm-nák
Although the inner court was off-limits to men, it was a center for passing down the crafts and traditions of women in the royal household.
บันทึกban-têukชาววังchaao wangเผยให้เห็นpŏei hâi hĕnว่าwâaพวกpûuakข้างในkâang naiมิได้mí dâiมีบทบาทmee bòt-bàatเพียงpiiangปรนนิบัติbpron-ní-bàtรับใช้ráp cháiเจ้านายjâo naaiหากhàakยังyangเป็นbpenผู้pôoสืบทอดงานsèup-tâwt ngaanฝีมือfĕe meuและláeขนบธรรมเนียมkà-nòp tam-niiamของkŏngราชสำนักrâat-chá-săm-nákด้วยdûuay
Palace memoirs reveal that the women of the inner court not only attended to royalty but also preserved and passed down the royal court’s crafts and traditions.
Word Breakdown
ข้างkâangข้างkâang1side; flank2beside; next to; by3classifier: sides; paired parts4side; party (in a dispute or game)5side; lateral (modifier)side; flankPart 1
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ข้างในkâang naiข้างในkâang naiinside; withininside; withinWord