ฝังราก(făng râak)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] take root; put down roots

Of a plant, to send out roots and fix itself into the ground.

Examples

ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)ต้องการdtông gaanต้องการdtông gaan1[to] want; desire2[to] need; require3[to] seek; requestเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterฝังรากfăng râakฝังรากfăng râak1[to] take root; put down roots2[to] be entrenched; become deeply established (ideas/habits)3[to] put down roots; become settled (people/organizations)ให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitมั่นคงmân kongมั่นคงmân kong1stable; steady2secure (finance/job/state)3stability; securityก่อนที่gòn têeก่อนที่gòn têebefore (introducing a clause)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เติบโตdtèrp-dtoเติบโตdtèrp-dto1to grow/expand (economy/organization)2to grow (physically/mentally)
A newly planted tree needs time to firmly set down its roots before it will grow.
2VerbB2

[to] be entrenched; become deeply established (ideas/habits)

Of ideas, habits, or systems, to become fixed and hard to change.

Examples

ความคิดkwaam kítความคิดkwaam kít1idea; thought2thinking; reasoning3opinion; view4mindset; ideology; way of thinkingที่ว่าtêe wâaที่ว่าtêe wâa1which/that (as said/mentioned); the ... that ...2about the thing mentioned; as referred toผู้ชายpôo chaaiผู้ชายpôo chaai1man; male (person)2males; the male sex/gender3boyfriend; male romantic partner (informal)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเป็นผู้นำbpen pôo namเป็นผู้นำbpen pôo nam[to] lead; [to] be a leaderครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedฝังรากfăng râakฝังรากfăng râak1[to] take root; put down roots2[to] be entrenched; become deeply established (ideas/habits)3[to] put down roots; become settled (people/organizations)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]สังคมไทยsăng-kom taiสังคมไทยsăng-kom taiThai societyมานานmaa naanมานานmaa naanfor a long time (up to now)
The idea that men must be the head of the family has been deeply rooted in Thai society for a long time.
3VerbB2

[to] put down roots; become settled (people/organizations)

Of a person, group, or organization, to establish a long-term presence and become part of a place or community.

Examples

ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsฝังรากfăng râakฝังรากfăng râak1[to] take root; put down roots2[to] be entrenched; become deeply established (ideas/habits)3[to] put down roots; become settled (people/organizations)อยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] depend on; be up to3[to] be at (a level/amount)เชียงใหม่chiiang màiเชียงใหม่chiiang mài1Chiang Mai (city in northern Thailand)2Chiang Mai Provinceมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ชั่วอายุคนchûua aa-yú konชั่วอายุคนchûua aa-yú kon1a lifetime2a generation3for a lifetimeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
His family has been rooted in Chiang Mai for many generations.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ฝังfăngฝังfăng1[to] bury; inter2[to] implant (medical/dental)3[to] embed; set into4[to be] ingrained; deeply instilled (figurative) [adj]Part 1
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รากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3square root (math)4root/stem; base (ling./math)5to take root; to be rooted6[to] vomit; throw upPart 2
ฝังรากfăng râakฝังรากfăng râak[to] take root; put down roots