ตกอับ(dtòk àp)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] fall on hard times; be down-and-out

To experience a serious decline in fortune, status, or prosperity; to become poor or unsuccessful.

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersล้มละลายlóm lá-laaiล้มละลายlóm lá-laai1[to] go bankrupt; be declared bankrupt2bankrupt; insolventครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerตกอับdtòk àpตกอับdtòk àp1[to] fall on hard times; be down-and-out2down-and-out; destituteลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)อย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoอย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoquickly; rapidly; swiftly
After the business went bankrupt, his family's fortune declined rapidly.
2AdjectiveB2

down-and-out; destitute

Being in a state of poverty or misfortune after having been prosperous; no longer successful.

Examples

ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)ชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตกอับdtòk àpตกอับdtòk àp1[to] fall on hard times; be down-and-out2down-and-out; destituteมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsและláeและláeand (coordinating)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)
Right now his life is in a very sorry state; he has neither a job nor money.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreasePart 1
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อับàpอับàp1stuffy; poorly ventilated2musty; stale3short of; at a loss forPart 2
ตกอับdtòk àpตกอับdtòk àp[to] fall on hard times; be down-and-out