ผู้สูงอายุ(pôo sŏong aa-yú)

Meanings

1NounB1

elderly person; senior citizen

an older adult; a senior citizen (polite/official term for an aged person)

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]ผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yúผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yú1elderly person; senior citizen2the elderly (as a group)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[to] hold; carry (by hand)2[to] bring/take (in hand)3[to] regard; consider; deem4[to] observe; keep (rules, precepts, fast)5[to] be strict/particular about6to count as; treat asของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goods
I helped that elderly person carry their things.
2NounB1

the elderly (as a group)

older adults considered collectively; the senior/elderly population or demographic group

Examples

รัฐบาลrát-tà-baanรัฐบาลrát-tà-baan1government (executive)2the government; public sectorมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเบี้ยยังชีพbîia yang chêepเบี้ยยังชีพbîia yang chêepsubsistence allowance; living allowanceให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yúผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yú1elderly person; senior citizen2the elderly (as a group)
The government provides a living allowance for the elderly.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)Part 1
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สูงอายุsŏong aa-yúสูงอายุsŏong aa-yú1elderly; of advanced age2elderly person; seniorPart 2
ผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yúผู้สูงอายุpôo sŏong aa-yúelderly person; senior citizen