ชาติปางก่อน(châat bpaang gòn)
Meanings
1NounB2
previous life; past incarnation
a former life in beliefs about rebirth (Buddhist/folk belief).
Examples
คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritเชื่อchêuuaเชื่อchêuua1to believe [sth/sb]2to trust; have faith in3to believe in (religion/ideology)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gònชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gòn1previous life; past incarnation2figurative: as if from a past lifeไหมmăiไหมmăi1yes–no question particle; or not?2silkครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Do you believe in past lives?
2NounB2
figurative: as if from a past life
used figuratively to suggest a fated bond or something that seems to come from a past life, as in คู่กันมาแต่ชาติปางก่อน.
Examples
เขาสองคนkăo sŏng konเขาสองคนkăo sŏng konthe two of them; they bothรักrákรักrák1[to] love; be fond of2love (affection)3beloved; dearกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughเป็นคู่bpen kôoเป็นคู่bpen kôo1[to] be in a pair; be paired2[to] be a couple (romantic)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gònชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gòn1previous life; past incarnation2figurative: as if from a past life
They love each other so much, as if they were fated partners from a past life.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)Part 1
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ปางก่อนbpaang gònปางก่อนbpaang gòn1formerly; of old; long ago2previous life; former incarnationPart 2
ชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gònชาติปางก่อนchâat bpaang gònprevious life; past incarnation