ช่วงต้น(chûuang dtôn)
Meanings
1AdjectiveA2
early (in a period)
occurring near the beginning of a stated time span such as a month, year, or century
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)อากาศaa-gàatอากาศaa-gàat1air2weather3atmosphere (figurative); ambienceช่วงต้นchûuang dtônช่วงต้นchûuang dtôn1early part; initial phase2early (in a period)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal year
I like the weather in the early part of the year.
2NounB1
early part; initial phase
the first part of a period, process, or text
Examples
ช่วงต้นchûuang dtônช่วงต้นchûuang dtôn1early part; initial phase2early (in a period)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsการเรียนgaan rianการเรียนgaan rian1studying; learning2schooling; education (as a course of study)ภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiอาจจะàat jàอาจจะàat jàmaybe; perhaps; mightยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardหน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)หลังจากนั้นlăng jàak nánหลังจากนั้นlăng jàak nánafter that; afterwardsจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ง่ายขึ้นngâai kêunง่ายขึ้นngâai kêun1easier (than before)2more easily (than before)3[to] become easier
The beginning part of learning Thai might be a bit difficult, but it will get easier after that.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ตอนต้นdton dtônตอนต้นdton dtôn1the beginning; early part2at the beginning; early (in time)
- the beginning; early part
- at the beginning; early (in time)
ส่วนต้นsùuan dtônส่วนต้นsùuan dtônthe beginning part; the first section
the beginning part; the first section
ระยะแรกrá-yá râekระยะแรกrá-yá râekinitial phase; early stage
initial phase; early stage
ช่วงแรกchûuang râekช่วงแรกchûuang râek1initial period; early stage2at first; initially
- initial period; early stage
- at first; initially
เบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtôn1basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional2initially; at first; preliminarily3the outset; initial stage
- basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional
- initially; at first; preliminarily
- the outset; initial stage
Word Breakdown
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ช่วงต้นchûuang dtônช่วงต้นchûuang dtônearly (in a period)