คัน(kan)

Meanings

1AdjectiveA2

itchy

feeling irritation on the skin that makes you want to scratch

Examples

ยุงyungยุงyungmosquitoกัดgàtกัดgàt1[to] bite2[to] corrode; [to] etch3[to] sting; [to] irritate (skin)4biting; sharp (taste/sensation)5[to] mill (machining)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)คันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
A mosquito bit me and I feel very itchy.
2NounA2

itch

an uncomfortable skin sensation that causes a desire to scratch

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)คันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleแขนkăaenแขนkăaen1arm (body part)2arm; extension (of object)3arm (of organization)4classifier: sleeves; armsมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
My arm is very itchy.
3ClassifierA2

classifier for vehicles

a classifier used to count or refer to vehicles (such as cars, motorcycles, bicycles, rickshaws)

Examples

หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรถจักรยานrót jàk-grà-yaanรถจักรยานrót jàk-grà-yaanbicycleสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondคันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; pole
In front of my house there are two bicycles.
4NounB1

lever; handle

a bar or handle used to control or operate something (for example, a gear lever, brake handle, or tool handle)

Examples

ดึงdeungดึงdeung1[to] pull; draw (toward oneself)2[to] attract; draw (attention/interest)3[to] pull back; retract; hold back4[to] drag (on a screen)คันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleเบรกbèekเบรกbèek1brake (device)2[to] brake; [to] apply the brake3[to] hold back; [to] rein in (figurative)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerจอดรถjòt rótจอดรถjòt rót[to] park a vehicleบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ทางชันtaang chanทางชันtaang chansteep road; incline
Pull up the brake lever before parking on a slope.
5NounC1

shaft; rod; pole

a long slender bar or pole, such as the shaft of a tool, a lever arm, or a fishing rod (often technical/specialized)

Examples

ช่างเลือกchâang lêuuakช่างเลือกchâang lêuuakpicky; choosyคันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleเหล็กlèkเหล็กlèk1iron (metal)2rebar; steel bar3iron (golf club)4steel; reinforcing bar5iron (clothes-pressing device)ยาวyaaoยาวyaao1long (length)2long (duration)3[to] lengthen; grow longสำหรับsăm-ràpสำหรับsăm-ràp1for; intended for; for the purpose of2as for; regardingต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)หัวเครื่องมือhŭua krêuuang meuuหัวเครื่องมือhŭua krêuuang meuutool headเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofขยายkà-yăaiขยายkà-yăai1[to] expand; enlarge; extend2[to] lengthen; prolong3[to] magnify; zoom in4[to] elaborate; clarify5[to] spread; propagate; proliferateแรงบิดraeng bìtแรงบิดraeng bìttorque
The mechanic chose a long steel bar to attach to the tool head to increase torque.

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