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taang gon

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

mechanical; relating to mechanics

Mechanical; relating to machines, mechanisms, or the principles of mechanics.

Examples

นาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaaนาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaa1clock; watch2classifier: clocks, watches3o'clock; time of dayเรือนreuuanเรือนreuuan1house; dwelling (traditional/wooden); hull/body (of sth)2hull; vessel; ship (formal/lit.)3classifier (ships/boats; houses—formal/lit.)4body; figure (formal/lit.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เป็นระบบbpen rá-bòpเป็นระบบbpen rá-bòp1systematic; orderly; well-organized2systematically; methodicallyทางกลtaang gonทางกลtaang gon1mechanical; relating to mechanics2mechanically; by mechanical meansไม่ต้องmâi dtôngไม่ต้องmâi dtông1don't have to; no need to2no need to; don't have to; don't3[!] don't; no needใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]แบตเตอรี่bàet-dter-rêeแบตเตอรี่bàet-dter-rêe1battery2rechargeable battery3car battery
This watch has a mechanical system; it doesn't need a battery.
2AdverbB2

mechanically; by mechanical means

Mechanically; by means of a machine or physical force, as opposed to chemical, electrical, or biological processes.

Examples

ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)สามารถsăa-mâatสามารถsăa-mâat1able; capable2ability; capability3talented; competentเปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asทางกลtaang gonทางกลtaang gon1mechanical; relating to mechanics2mechanically; by mechanical meansโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]มือหมุนmeuu mŏnมือหมุนmeuu mŏn1hand crank; crank handle2hand‑cranked; crank‑operatedและláeและláeand (coordinating)เปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toระบบไฟฟ้าrá-bòp fai fáaระบบไฟฟ้าrá-bòp fai fáa1electrical system2power system; electric grid
This door can be opened both mechanically, using a hand crank, and by an electrical system.