ความคาดหวัง
kwaam kâat wăng
Meanings
1NounB1
expectation
a belief or assumption about what will happen or what outcomes are likely; hopes regarding future events.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăngความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăng1expectation2expectations (demands/standards)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)สอบผ่านsòp pàanสอบผ่านsòp pàan1[to] pass (an exam, test, screening); meet the standard2having passed; qualified
I have hopes that I will pass the exam.
2NounB2
expectations (demands/standards)
the standards or requirements others place on someone; what someone is expected to do or be.
Examples
พ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparentsมักmákมักmák1often; usually2[to] tend to; usually [do sth]3fond of; inclined toมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăngความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăng1expectation2expectations (demands/standards)สูงsŏongสูงsŏong1tall; high (physical height)2high (degree/level/price/rank)3advanced; elevated (abstract)4up; to a high positionในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesการเรียนgaan rianการเรียนgaan rian1studying; learning2schooling; education (as a course of study)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)
Parents often have high expectations for their children's education.
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Word Breakdown
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คาดหวังkâat wăngคาดหวังkâat wăng1[to] expect [sth/sb]2to have hopes/expectations (often high/low)Part 2
ความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăngความคาดหวังkwaam kâat wăngexpectation