ชีว

chee-wá

Meanings

1NounB2

life; living; bio- (combining form)

Relating to life or living things; used chiefly as a combining form meaning bio-, as in ชีววิทยาชีววิทยาchee-wá-wít-thá-yaabiology (biology) or ชีวภาพชีวภาพchee-wá-pâap1biological; relating to life2bio-; biological (attributive) (biological).

Examples

มหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiuniversityเปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onวิชาwi-chaaวิชาwi-chaa1subject; course; field of study2knowledge; skill; discipline3esoteric or magical arts4classifier: courses/subjectsใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)ด้านdâanด้านdâan1side; face (surface)2field; area; aspect3toward; on the side of4classifier: sides/faces/aspectsชีววิทยาchee-wá-wít-thá-yaaชีววิทยาchee-wá-wít-thá-yaabiologyเชิงcherngเชิงcherng1base; foot (of an object)2aspect; perspective; approach3in terms of; in the aspect of4tending toward; having a ... tendency5base; stand (decorative support)คอมพิวเตอร์kom-piu-dtêrคอมพิวเตอร์kom-piu-dtêr1computer2computer [attrib.]
The university opened a new course in computational biology.
2NounC1

life; vitality (literary/poetic)

Life or vitality in a literary or poetic register.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ดวงตาduuang dtaaดวงตาduuang dtaaeyeของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoชีวchee-wáชีวchee-wá1life; living; bio- (combining form)2life; vitality (literary/poetic)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ดับdàpดับdàp1[to] go out; be extinguished2dead; lifeless (figurative/colloquial)3[to] extinguish; turn offแม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughพายุpaa-yúพายุpaa-yú1typhoon; cyclone2storm (figurative)3stormชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)มาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!
In his eyes there is still a life-force that refuses to fade, even after life’s storms.

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