ความรู้จัก

kwaam rú-jàk

Meanings

1NounB1

familiarity; acquaintanceship

the state of knowing someone or something; a relationship that is not a close friendship.

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความรู้จักkwaam rú-jàkความรู้จักkwaam rú-jàkfamiliarity; acquaintanceshipกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)สนิทsà-nìtสนิทsà-nìt1well-acquainted; familiar (with) [sth]2tight; snug; sealed3close; intimate (relationship)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)
I have an acquaintance with him, but we are not close.

Word Breakdown

ความรู้kwaam róoความรู้kwaam róoknowledge; learning; understandingPart 1
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จักjàkจักjàk1will; shall (literary/formal auxiliary)2[to] cut; slice (literary/archaic)3wheel; gear; cog (Skt/Pali-derived)4would; should (literary modal)Part 2
ความรู้จักkwaam rú-jàkความรู้จักkwaam rú-jàkfamiliarity; acquaintanceship