น่าสงสาร(nâa sŏng-săan)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
pitiable; deserving compassion
causing feelings of pity or compassion; deserving sympathy (often said of a person or animal in hardship)
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asแมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)ตัวหนึ่งdtuua nèungตัวหนึ่งdtuua nèung1one (of them); a certain one2one (classifier ‘ตัว’)ท่าทางtâa taangท่าทางtâa taang1gesture; posture2manner; air; look (suggesting outcome)3it looks like; seemsน่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săanน่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săan1pitiable; deserving compassion2poor thing!; how sadมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
I saw a cat that looked very pitiable.
2InterjectionB1
poor thing!; how sad
exclamatory use to express sympathy for someone’s misfortune
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำเงินtam ngernทำเงินtam ngern[to] make money; [to] earn moneyหายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)เหรอrŏeเหรอrŏe1really?; is that so?2question particle (casual)น่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săanน่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săan1pitiable; deserving compassion2poor thing!; how sadจังjangจังjangso; very (degree intensifier, postposed)
He lost his money? Poor thing.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สงสารsŏng-săanสงสารsŏng-săan1pitiful; deserving sympathy (predicative use)2[to] feel pity; feel compassion for
- pitiful; deserving sympathy (predicative use)
- [to] feel pity; feel compassion for
อนาถà-nàatอนาถà-nàatpitiful; pathetic; wretched
pitiful; pathetic; wretched
น่าเวทนาnâa wêt-tá-naaน่าเวทนาnâa wêt-tá-naapitiable; pathetic
pitiable; pathetic
อนาถาà-naa-tăaอนาถาà-naa-tăa1destitute; impoverished2destitute person; helpless person3pitiful; wretched
- destitute; impoverished
- destitute person; helpless person
- pitiful; wretched
น่าเห็นใจnâa hĕn jaiน่าเห็นใจnâa hĕn jaideserving sympathy; pitiable (in a compassionate sense)
deserving sympathy; pitiable (in a compassionate sense)
Word Breakdown
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น่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săanน่าสงสารnâa sŏng-săanpitiable; deserving compassion