งานหลวง(ngaan lŭuang)

Meanings

1NounB1

government work; public service

work for the government or state; public service or official duties.

Examples

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveงานหลวงngaan lŭuangงานหลวงngaan lŭuanggovernment work; public serviceที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotอำเภอam-perอำเภอam-per1district (administrative unit)2district office / district town (metonymy)
My father does government work at the district office.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsPart 1
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หลวงlŭuangหลวงlŭuang1royal; of the king/state2state; public; official3honorific for monks/holy objects4venerable monk (colloq.)Part 2
งานหลวงngaan lŭuangงานหลวงngaan lŭuanggovernment work; public service