ความเป็น
kwaam bpen
Meanings
1NounB2
being; existence
the state of existing; being
Examples
การหายตัวไปgaan hăai dtuua bpaiการหายตัวไปgaan hăai dtuua bpaidisappearanceอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)ลึกลับléuk lápลึกลับléuk lápmysterious; secretive; enigmaticของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toสงสัยsŏng săiสงสัยsŏng săi1[to] doubt; be uncertain2[to] suspect3doubt; suspicion4I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ความเป็นkwaam bpenความเป็นkwaam bpen1being; existence2identity; essence; inherent nature3state/quality of being (X)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirs
His mysterious disappearance made his friends start to doubt his existence.
2NounB2
identity; essence; inherent nature
the essential character or selfhood that makes someone or something what they are
Examples
ตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòoย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòo[to] relocate; move to live (somewhere else)เมืองนอกmeuuang nôkเมืองนอกmeuuang nôk1foreign countries; overseas (colloq.)2abroad; overseas (colloq.)3foreign; imported (colloq.)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toสูญเสียsŏon sĭiaสูญเสียsŏon sĭia1[to] lose; suffer a loss2[to] be bereaved; lose [sb] to deathความเป็นตัวเองkwaam bpen dtuua engความเป็นตัวเองkwaam bpen dtuua engselfhood; individuality; authenticityไปทีbpai teeไปทีbpai tee1fine then; whatever; if you insist (resigned)2[to] go this once; go just this time (colloq.)ละláละlá1[to] quit; give up; drop; let go (of)2[to] omit; leave out; skip3topic/softening particle4each; per (spoken)น้อยnóiน้อยnói1few; little; small (amount/number)2less; to a lesser degree3young; junior (name/title use)4seldom; rarely
Since he moved abroad, he has started to gradually lose his sense of self.
3NounB2
state/quality of being (X)
used before another noun or adjective to form an abstract noun phrase meaning ‘the state/quality of being X’ (e.g., ความเป็นกลางความเป็นกลางkwaam bpen glaangneutrality; impartiality ‘neutrality’)
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillให้ความสำคัญhâi kwaam săm-kanให้ความสำคัญhâi kwaam săm-kan[to] give importance to; prioritize; emphasizeกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ความเป็นส่วนตัวkwaam bpen sùuan dtuuaความเป็นส่วนตัวkwaam bpen sùuan dtuuaprivacyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyไม่ชอบmâi chôpไม่ชอบmâi chôp[to] dislike [sth/sb]; [to] not like [sth/sb]ให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerยุ่งyûngยุ่งyûng1busy; occupied2messy; tangled3complicated; troublesome4[to] meddle; interfere5swarming with flies/mosquitoes (dial.)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirs
He values privacy a lot; he doesn't like anyone meddling in his affairs.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แก่นแท้gàen táeแก่นแท้gàen táeessence; core; gist
essence; core; gist
ตัวตนdtuua dtonตัวตนdtuua dton1identity; self2existence as an individual3in person; oneself
- identity; self
- existence as an individual
- in person; oneself
การเป็นgaan bpenการเป็นgaan bpen1being (serving as); holding a role/status2becoming; coming to be3having a condition
- being (serving as); holding a role/status
- becoming; coming to be
- having a condition
อัตลักษณ์àt-dtà-lákอัตลักษณ์àt-dtà-lákidentity; distinctive character
identity; distinctive character
ภาวะpaa-wáภาวะpaa-wá1state; condition2situation; circumstance3medical condition/state4economic condition; economic state
- state; condition
- situation; circumstance
- medical condition/state
- economic condition; economic state
Word Breakdown
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ความเป็นkwaam bpenความเป็นkwaam bpenbeing; existence