น่าสังเวช(nâa săng-wâyt)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

pitiful; wretched; lamentable

causing pity and sadness due to misery or hardship; pitiable or wretched.

Examples

ชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsชายชราchaai chá-raaชายชราchaai chá-raaelderly man; old manคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)น่าสังเวชnâa săng-wâytน่าสังเวชnâa săng-wâytpitiful; wretched; lamentableมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)ลำบากlam-bàakลำบากlam-bàak1difficult; troublesome2[to] be in hardship; have a hard time3poor; needy (of living conditions)
That old man's life is very pitiable; he has to live alone in hardship.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

น่าnâaน่าnâa1worthy/apt to ...2[!] pity; what a shamePart 1
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สังเวชsăng-wêhtสังเวชsăng-wêht[to] feel pity; [to] feel sorrowPart 2
น่าสังเวชnâa săng-wâytน่าสังเวชnâa săng-wâytpitiful; wretched; lamentable