ข้าม(kâam)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] cross; go over
to move from one side to the other over or across something (e.g., a road, river, boundary)
2PrepositionA2
across; over; crosswise
on, to, or from the other side; spanning from one side to the other; also used adverbially to mean crosswise
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainข้ามkâamข้ามkâam1[to] cross; go over2[to] skip; omit3across; over; crosswise4beyond; past (time/limit)5cross-; trans-; inter- (prefixal use)คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditchesไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทางวัดtaang wátทางวัดtaang wát1temple's road; access road2from the temple; on behalf of the temple
My house is on the other side of the canal toward the temple.
3VerbB1
[to] skip; omit
to leave something out; not include or not do a step or item in a sequence
Examples
ถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)รีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ข้ามkâamข้ามkâam1[to] cross; go over2[to] skip; omit3across; over; crosswise4beyond; past (time/limit)5cross-; trans-; inter- (prefixal use)ขั้นตอนkân dtonขั้นตอนkân dton1step; stage (in a process)2procedure; process stepsตรวจทานdtrùuat taanตรวจทานdtrùuat taan[to] proofread; double-checkได้ไหมdâi măiได้ไหมdâi măi1is it possible/allowed?; OK?2could you ... ? (request softener)
If we're in a hurry, can we skip the review step?
4PrepositionB1
beyond; past (time/limit)
later than a specified time or beyond a set limit or threshold
Examples
ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outไฟล์faaiไฟล์faaifile (digital)ช้ากว่าcháa gwàaช้ากว่าcháa gwàaslower; more slowlyกำหนดgam-nòtกำหนดgam-nòt1[to] set; fix; determine2[to] schedule; assign3specification; stipulation4deadline; due dateไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ข้ามkâamข้ามkâam1[to] cross; go over2[to] skip; omit3across; over; crosswise4beyond; past (time/limit)5cross-; trans-; inter- (prefixal use)เที่ยงคืนtîiang keunเที่ยงคืนtîiang keun1midnight (12:00 a.m.)2at midnight; around midnightทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]รายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfล่าช้าlâa cháaล่าช้าlâa cháa1delayed; late2[to] be delayed; be slow
The file was sent later than scheduled, past midnight, causing the report to be delayed.
5NounB2
cross-; trans-; inter- (prefixal use)
used before a noun to indicate crossing or spanning areas, groups, or boundaries (e.g., cross-provincial, cross-border, interregional)
Examples
โครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalขนส่งkŏn sòngขนส่งkŏn sòng1transport; transportation; logistics2[to] transport; ship; deliverข้ามจังหวัดkâam jang-wàtข้ามจังหวัดkâam jang-wàt1[to] travel between provinces2interprovincialจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เชื่อมต่อchêuuam dtòเชื่อมต่อchêuuam dtò1[to] connect; link2[to] connect to; access3connection; connectivityเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaเล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2younger; junior3minor; slightกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ศูนย์กลางsŏon glaangศูนย์กลางsŏon glaang1center; hub (literal)2center; hub (figurative)เศรษฐกิจsèht-tà-gìtเศรษฐกิจsèht-tà-gìt1economy2economic conditions; the economy
The inter-provincial transportation project will connect small towns with the economic hub.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ก้าวข้ามgâao kâamก้าวข้ามgâao kâam1[to] step over; cross over2[to] overcome3[to] transcend
- [to] step over; cross over
- [to] overcome
- [to] transcend
เว้นwénเว้นwén1leave out; omit; skip2except; except for; excluding3leave a gap; space out4unless; except that; provided that5[to] refrain; abstain
- leave out; omit; skip
- except; except for; excluding
- leave a gap; space out
- unless; except that; provided that
- [to] refrain; abstain
เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
- so; thus; then (immediate result)
- completely; absolutely (emphasis)
- past; beyond; exceed
- at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
พ้นpónพ้นpón1[to] get past; be beyond2[to] be free from; escape; exempt from3beyond; past (as preposition/formal particle)
- [to] get past; be beyond
- [to] be free from; escape; exempt from
- beyond; past (as preposition/formal particle)
ตัดผ่านdtàt pàanตัดผ่านdtàt pàan1[to] cut through; pass through; go across2[to] cross; intersect; transect [sth]
- [to] cut through; pass through; go across
- [to] cross; intersect; transect [sth]