ทางผ่าน(taang pàan)
Meanings
1NounB1
transit route; passage; stopover
a way or place that people pass through on the way to another destination; a waypoint or stopover
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เป็นทางผ่านbpen taang pàanเป็นทางผ่านbpen taang pàanon the way; passing throughไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)โรงเรียนrong rianโรงเรียนrong rian1school (institution)2school (building)พอดีpo deeพอดีpo dee1just right; exactly suitable2exactly; just (in time/amount)3happen to; by chance4just enough
My friend's house is right on the way to school.
2AdjectiveB1
pass-through; transit (attr.)
describing a place mainly used to pass through rather than to stay in (e.g., เมืองทางผ่าน ‘a pass-through town’)
Examples
สระบุรีsà-rà-bù-reeสระบุรีsà-rà-bù-reeSaraburi (a province in central Thailand)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaทางผ่านtaang pàanทางผ่านtaang pàan1transit route; passage; stopover2a passing phase (figurative)3pass-through; transit (attr.)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanNortheastern Thailand; Isan
Saraburi is a pass-through city on the way to the Northeast region.
3NounB2
a passing phase (figurative)
something or someone regarded as only temporary and not the final goal or destination
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)ทางผ่านtaang pàanทางผ่านtaang pàan1transit route; passage; stopover2a passing phase (figurative)3pass-through; transit (attr.)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaanประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaan1experience (event)2experience (knowledge/skill)ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)หางานhăa ngaanหางานhăa ngaan[to] look for a job; seek employmentที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotดีกว่าdee gwàaดีกว่าdee gwàa1better; preferable (comparative of 'ดี')2had better; would rather (suggestion/decision)
He said this job is just a stepping stone to gain experience before finding a better one.
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Word Breakdown
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ทางผ่านtaang pàanทางผ่านtaang pàantransit route; passage; stopover