ความลำบาก(kwaam lam-bàak)
Meanings
1NounB1
difficulty; hardship
a state of difficulty or adversity; conditions that make doing something or living burdensome or not easy to endure
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanเล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuangเล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuang1[to] tell a story; narrate2[to] recount; relate what happenedความลำบากkwaam lam-bàakความลำบากkwaam lam-bàak1difficulty; hardship2poverty-related hardship; privation3inconvenience; impositionในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สมัยsà-măiสมัยsà-măi1period; era; age2term; tenure3modern; contemporary4during; in the time ofสงครามsŏng-kraamสงครามsŏng-kraamwarให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)
Grandma told stories about the hardship during the war.
2NounB1
inconvenience; imposition
trouble or burden caused to someone; something that puts another person out of their way
Examples
ขอโทษkŏr tóhtขอโทษkŏr tóht1[!] sorry; excuse me2[to] apologize (to [sb]) (for)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ลำบากlam-bàakลำบากlam-bàak1difficult; troublesome2[to] be in hardship; have a hard time3poor; needy (of living conditions)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Sorry for causing you trouble.
3NounB2
poverty-related hardship; privation
a condition marked by lack of money, resources, or basic comforts that results in hardship or deprivation
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเผชิญกับphà-chern gàpเผชิญกับphà-chern gàp[to] face; be confronted with; encounterความลำบากkwaam lam-bàakความลำบากkwaam lam-bàak1difficulty; hardship2poverty-related hardship; privation3inconvenience; impositionทางการเงินtaang gaan ngernทางการเงินtaang gaan ngern1financial2financially; in financial termsหลังจากที่lăng jàak têeหลังจากที่lăng jàak têeafter (subordinating conjunction)บริษัทbò-rí-sàtบริษัทbò-rí-sàtcompany; firm; corporationปิดตัวbpìt dtuuaปิดตัวbpìt dtuua1[to] shut down; cease operations2[to] be closed off; keep to oneselfลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)
He had to face financial hardship after his company shut down.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ความยากลำบากkwaam yâak lam-bàakความยากลำบากkwaam yâak lam-bàakhardship; difficulty; adversity
hardship; difficulty; adversity
ความยากkwaam yâakความยากkwaam yâakdifficulty; difficulty level
difficulty; difficulty level
ทุกข์ยากtúk yâakทุกข์ยากtúk yâak1[to] suffer hardship; live in poverty2hardship; misery; poverty
- [to] suffer hardship; live in poverty
- hardship; misery; poverty
ความยุ่งยากkwaam yûng yâakความยุ่งยากkwaam yûng yâak1difficulty; trouble; hassle; inconvenience2complication; procedural hassle; red tape
- difficulty; trouble; hassle; inconvenience
- complication; procedural hassle; red tape
ความแร้นแค้นkwaam ráen káenความแร้นแค้นkwaam ráen káenpoverty; destitution
poverty; destitution
Word Breakdown
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ความลำบากkwaam lam-bàakความลำบากkwaam lam-bàakdifficulty; hardship