น้ำหนัก(nám nàk)
Meanings
1NounA2
weight (mass/heaviness)
how heavy something is, often measured on a scale; in physics, the force on a mass due to gravity
Examples
กล่องglòngกล่องglòng1box; case; container2classifier: boxes; box-shaped containersนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoน้ำหนักnám nàkน้ำหนักnám nàk1weight (mass/heaviness)2importance; significance3emphasis; stressมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyยกyókยกyók1[to] cite; invoke (as an example/reason)2[to] hold; conduct (event/ceremony); stage (a bout)3[to] waive; exempt; suspend4classifier: bout; round5[to] give; dedicate; donate6[to] promote; elevate (rank/status)7[to] lift; raiseไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better
This box is heavy; I can’t lift it.
2NounB2
importance; significance
the degree of importance, influence, or impact something has in a situation or argument
Examples
คำให้การของพยานkam hâi gaan kŏng pá-yaanคำให้การของพยานkam hâi gaan kŏng pá-yaanwitness testimonyคนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoน้ำหนักnám nàkน้ำหนักnám nàk1weight (mass/heaviness)2importance; significance3emphasis; stressเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingตรงกับdtrong gàpตรงกับdtrong gàp1[to] match; correspond (to/with)2[to] fall on; coincide with (a date/time)3[to] be equivalent to; amount to4[to] align with; be directly in line withหลักฐานlàk tăanหลักฐานlàk tăan1evidence; proof2documentary evidence; supporting document3basis; grounds (abstract)
This witness's testimony carries weight because it matches the evidence.
3NounB2
emphasis; stress
greater force or prominence given to a word, idea, or part of something (e.g., placing stress in speech or emphasis in writing)
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)น้ำหนักnám nàkน้ำหนักnám nàk1weight (mass/heaviness)2importance; significance3emphasis; stressตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2direct; straightforward; frank3[to] be straight; align4directly; straight (direction/path)5exact; matching; correspondingคำสำคัญkam săm-kanคำสำคัญkam săm-kankeyword; key termเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatผู้ฟังpôo fangผู้ฟังpôo fang1listener; listening audience2hearer (linguistics)เข้าใจประเด็นkâo jai bprà-denเข้าใจประเด็นkâo jai bprà-den[to] get the point
When reading the news, place emphasis on the key words so listeners understand the point.
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Word Breakdown
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น้ำหนักnám nàkน้ำหนักnám nàkweight (mass/heaviness)