คาดคิด

kâat kít

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] anticipate; expect

to think or believe in advance that something will happen; to foresee or predict an outcome

Examples

ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)คาดคิดkâat kítคาดคิดkâat kít1[to] anticipate; expect2[to] imagine; conceive (as possible)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmedตอนบ่ายdton bàaiตอนบ่ายdton bàai1afternoon2in the afternoonจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)เลื่อนlêuuanเลื่อนlêuuan1[to] slide; move along; move (something) smoothly2[to] postpone; delay3[to] be promoted; advance4[to] scroll5[to] shift; move (time/place)การแข่งขันgaan kàeng kănการแข่งขันgaan kàeng kăn1competition; contest; match; race; tournament2rivalry; competitive pressure
The teacher anticipated that it would rain in the afternoon, so the competition was postponed.
2NounB2

[to] imagine; conceive (as possible)

to regard something as imaginable or within the realm of possibility (often used in the negative: นึกไม่คาดคิด/คาดไม่ถึงคาดไม่ถึงkâat mâi tĕungunexpected; surprising)

Examples

เหตุการณ์hèt gaanเหตุการณ์hèt gaan1event; incident; occurrence2situation; state of affairs3classifier: ครั้ง / เหตุการณ์นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)นึกnéukนึกnéuk1[to] recall; remember2[to] consider; reflect3[to] feel like (doing); have the impulse4[to] think of; imagineไม่คาดคิดmâi kâat kítไม่คาดคิดmâi kâat kít1unexpected; unforeseen2[to] not expect; fail to anticipate3unexpectedlyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เกิดขึ้นgèrt kêunเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêun[to] happen; occur; arise; emerge; come into beingในหมู่nai mòoในหมู่nai mòoamong; amidst; within (a group)บ้านเล็กbâan lékบ้านเล็กbâan lék1small house2mistress; kept woman; second householdของเราkŏng raoของเราkŏng rao1our (belonging to us)2ours3our side; our group (we/us collectively)
This event was unimaginable to happen in our small village.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

คาดkâatคาดkâat1[to] strap on; gird (literary)2[to] estimate; gauge; approximate3[to] expect; anticipate; supposePart 1
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คิดkítคิดkít1[to] think; consider2[to] calculate; figure out3[to] charge (a price)4[to] intend; planPart 2
คาดคิดkâat kítคาดคิดkâat kít[to] anticipate; expect