ชาติ
châat
Meanings
1NounB1
nation; country
a people with a common identity and territory; a nation or state
Examples
ประเทศbprà-tâetประเทศbprà-tâetcountry; nation; stateเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ภูมิภาคpoom-mí-pâakภูมิภาคpoom-mí-pâak1region2regional; of a regionนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoวัฒนธรรมwát-tá-ná-tamวัฒนธรรมwát-tá-ná-tam1culture2cultural practicesต่างกันdtàang ganต่างกันdtàang gan[to] differ; be different (from each other)
Many small nations in this region have different cultures.
2NounB2
nationality
legal nationality or national identity; the status of belonging to a nation
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[to] hold; carry (by hand)2[to] bring/take (in hand)3[to] regard; consider; deem4[to] observe; keep (rules, precepts, fast)5[to] be strict/particular about6to count as; treat asสัญชาติsăn-châatสัญชาติsăn-châat1nationality; citizenship (by nation)2innate nature (lit./formal)ไทยtaiไทยtai1Thai (language)2Thai; of Thailand3Thai personตั้งแต่เกิดdtâng-dtàe gèrtตั้งแต่เกิดdtâng-dtàe gèrtsince birthแม้จะmáe jàแม้จะmáe jàalthough; even though; even ifเติบโตdtèrp-dtoเติบโตdtèrp-dto1to grow/expand (economy/organization)2to grow (physically/mentally)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têhtต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têht1foreign; overseas2abroad; foreign countries3[to] go/live abroad
She has Thai nationality since birth, even though she grew up abroad.
3NounC1
life; lifetime (Buddhism)
an individual lifetime in the cycle of rebirth; also a span or era in religious or literary contexts
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)พุทธศาสนาpút-tá-sàat-sà-năaพุทธศาสนาpút-tá-sàat-sà-năa1Buddhism2the Buddhist faith/traditionว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)หลายภพlăai pópหลายภพlăai póp1of many lifetimes2for many lifetimesการทำความดีgaan tam kwaam deeการทำความดีgaan tam kwaam deedoing good deeds; act of kindnessในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)จึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)สำคัญsăm-kanสำคัญsăm-kan1important; significant; essential2[to] think; assume; suppose (often mistakenly)
In Buddhism, we are said to have many lifetimes; doing good in this life is therefore important.
4NounC1
birth; lineage (lit.)
origin by birth or lineage; used in literary or formal contexts
Examples
แม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เติบโตdtèrp-dtoเติบโตdtèrp-dto1to grow/expand (economy/organization)2to grow (physically/mentally)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ต่างแดนdtàang daenต่างแดนdtàang daen1abroad; overseas2a foreign land; foreign countries3foreign; from overseas (attrib.)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)รากเหง้าrâak ngâoรากเหง้าrâak ngâo1roots; origin; ancestry2root cause; foundationเชื้อสายchéuua săaiเชื้อสายchéuua săailineage; ancestry; descentและláeและláeand (coordinating)ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ผูกพันpòok panผูกพันpòok pan1[to] feel attached; be bonded2[to] be bound; be obligated3bond; attachment; obligationกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แผ่นดินแม่pàen-din mâeแผ่นดินแม่pàen-din mâemotherland; homeland (poetic)อย่างลึกซึ้งyàang lúk súengอย่างลึกซึ้งyàang lúk súengdeeply; profoundly
Even though he grew up abroad, his lineage and origin remain deeply tied to the motherland.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สัญชาติsăn-châatสัญชาติsăn-châat1nationality; citizenship (by nation)2innate nature (lit./formal)
- nationality; citizenship (by nation)
- innate nature (lit./formal)
ประเทศbprà-tâetประเทศbprà-tâetcountry; nation; state
country; nation; state
ภพpópภพpóp1realm; plane of existence2existence; lifetime in the cycle of rebirth
- realm; plane of existence
- existence; lifetime in the cycle of rebirth
ภพชาติpóp châatภพชาติpóp châat1rebirth; cycle of existence2existence; lifetime (one birth)
- rebirth; cycle of existence
- existence; lifetime (one birth)
ประเทศชาติbprà-têht châatประเทศชาติbprà-têht châatthe nation; the country; the state
the nation; the country; the state
Word Breakdown
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ชาติchâatชาติchâatnation; country