งานการ
ngaan-gaanMeaning
1NounA2
work; job; employment; livelihood (colloquial/usu. in phrases)
one’s regular work or occupation used for making a living; commonly used in colloquial phrases. Example: ไม่มีงานการทำ (to have no job).
Examples
ช่วงนี้chûuang-níiช่วงนี้chûuang-níi1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่มีmâi-miiไม่มีmâi-mii1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockงานการngaan-gaanงานการngaan-gaanwork; job; employment; livelihood (colloquial/usu. in phrases)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; base
These days he has no job, so he stays home to help his mother.
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หลังlǎngจบjòpมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-laiฉันchǎnหางานhǎa-ngaanการอยู่gaan-yùuหลายlǎaiเดือนdʉʉanกว่าจะgwàa-jàได้dâaiงานngaanแรกrɛ̂ɛk
After graduating from university, I searched for a main job for several months before getting my first one.
พ่อpɔ̂ɔบ่นbònว่าwâaผมpǒmมัวแต่muua-dtɛ̀ɛเที่ยวtîiaoไม่มีmâi-miiงานการngaan-gaanเป็นหลักbpen-làkสักทีsàk-tii
My father complains that I keep going out and still don’t have a proper occupation.
เขาkǎoตัดสินใจdtàt-sǐn-jaiย้ายyáaiเมืองmʉʉangเพราะprɔ́ที่เดิมtîi-dəəmไม่มีmâi-miiงานการngaan-gaanมั่นคงmân-kongให้hâiทำtam
He decided to move cities because there was no stable livelihood for him in the old place.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
ngaan
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)work; job; employmentPart 1
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งานการngaan-gaanงานการngaan-gaanwork; job; employment; livelihood (colloquial/usu. in phrases)work; job; employment; livelihood (colloquial/usu. in phrases)Word