ทำบุญ
tam bun
Meanings
1NounB1
[to] make merit; perform religious good deeds
to perform acts believed to generate merit in a Buddhist context, such as giving alms, donating, observing precepts, releasing animals, or participating in temple ceremonies
Examples
พรุ่งนี้prûng-néeพรุ่งนี้prûng-née1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)วัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureทำบุญตักบาตรtam bun dtàk bàatทำบุญตักบาตรtam bun dtàk bàat[to] make merit by offering almsตอนเช้าdton cháaoตอนเช้าdton cháao1in the morning2morning (time period)
Tomorrow I will go to the temple to make merit by giving alms in the morning.
2NounB2
hold a merit-making ceremony
to organize or host a Buddhist merit-making event (e.g., for a housewarming, birthday, memorial, or auspicious occasion)
Examples
เดือนหน้าdeuuan nâaเดือนหน้าdeuuan nâa1next month2next month (time adverbial)บ้านเราbâan raoบ้านเราbâan rao1our house; our home2our country; Thailand3our hometown; our areaจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ทำบุญขึ้นบ้านใหม่tam bun kêun bâan màiทำบุญขึ้นบ้านใหม่tam bun kêun bâan màihousewarming ceremonyเชิญchernเชิญchern1[to] invite2please; go ahead (polite imperative)3please …; kindly … (formal)เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerร่วมrûuamร่วมrûuam1[to] join; participate2together; jointly3joint; shared; mutualกินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Next month our family will host a housewarming merit-making event; please come join us for a meal.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สร้างบุญsâang bunสร้างบุญsâang bun[to] make merit
[to] make merit
สร้างกุศลsâang gù-sŏnสร้างกุศลsâang gù-sŏn[to] make merit; [to] do good deeds
[to] make merit; [to] do good deeds
ประกอบกุศลbprà-gòp gù-sŏnประกอบกุศลbprà-gòp gù-sŏn[to] make merit; do good deeds
[to] make merit; do good deeds
บำเพ็ญกุศลbam-pen gù-sŏnบำเพ็ญกุศลbam-pen gù-sŏn[to] make merit; [to] perform merit-making rites
[to] make merit; [to] perform merit-making rites
สร้างบุญสร้างกุศลsâang bun sâang gù-sŏnสร้างบุญสร้างกุศลsâang bun sâang gù-sŏn[to] make merit; [to] do good deeds
[to] make merit; [to] do good deeds
Word Breakdown
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ทำบุญtam bunทำบุญtam bun[to] make merit; perform religious good deeds