บันได
ban-dai
Meanings
1NounA1
stairs; staircase
a set of fixed steps used to move between levels in a building or structure
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoบันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2stairway (figurative path upward)3ladderขึ้นไปkêun bpaiขึ้นไปkêun bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreสองชั้นsŏng chánสองชั้นsŏng chán1double-decker; two-story2two-layer; double-layered
My house has stairs going up to the second floor.
2NounA2
ladder
a portable set of rungs or steps between two side rails used for climbing
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]บันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2stairway (figurative path upward)3ladderพาดpâatพาดpâat1[to] lay across; drape2[to] carry slung over [sb's shoulder/arm]3[to] run as a headline4[to] stretch/lead acrossกำแพงgam-paengกำแพงgam-paeng1wall (barrier)2barrier; obstacle (figurative)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ปีนbpeenปีนbpeen1[to] climb; scale2[to] clamber; scrambleขึ้นไปkêun bpaiขึ้นไปkêun bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to 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 concealผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiผลไม้pŏn-lá-máifruit
I used a ladder leaning against the wall and climbed up to pick fruit.
3NounB2
stairway (figurative path upward)
a figurative way or stage for moving up in rank, status, or success
Examples
งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsแรกrâekแรกrâek1first; earliest; initial2at first; initially3classifier: first time/round/periodอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsบันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2stairway (figurative path upward)3ladderสู่sòoสู่sòo1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)โอกาสoh-gàatโอกาสoh-gàat1chance; opportunity2occasion3likelihood; probabilityที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotใหญ่กว่าyài gwàaใหญ่กว่าyài gwàabigger; largerถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritตั้งใจเรียนdtâng jai riianตั้งใจเรียนdtâng jai riian[to] study diligently; [to] pay attention in classรู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] know how (to do)3[to] feel; sense; perceive4be acquainted with (someone/thing)5[to] realize; find out; learn
Your first job can be a ladder to bigger opportunities if you are determined to learn.
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Word Breakdown
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บันไดban-daiบันไดban-daistairs; staircase