พอประทัง(por bprà-tang)
Meanings
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barely enough to get by
Barely enough to sustain life or continue; just enough to get by (e.g., food, money, income).
Examples
รายได้จากการขายraai dâai jàak gaan kăaiรายได้จากการขายraai dâai jàak gaan kăaisales revenue; income from salesของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleน้อยๆnói nóiน้อยๆnói nói1small; slight; little (amount/degree)2slightly; a little; a bitก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)พอประทังชีวิตpaw bprà-tang chee-wítพอประทังชีวิตpaw bprà-tang chee-wít[to] subsist; [to] get byไปวันๆbpai wan wanไปวันๆbpai wan wan1idly day to day; just getting by2[to] drift along; pass the days aimlessly
The income from selling small things is just barely enough to get by day to day.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
พอเลี้ยงpor líiangพอเลี้ยงpor líiang1enough to support; enough to live on2[to] be enough to raise/support
- enough to support; enough to live on
- [to] be enough to raise/support
พออยู่po yòoพออยู่po yòo1livable; adequate to live2get by
- livable; adequate to live
- get by
พออยู่ได้por yòo dâaiพออยู่ได้por yòo dâaienough to get by; livable; tolerable
enough to get by; livable; tolerable
Word Breakdown
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พอประทังpor bprà-tangพอประทังpor bprà-tangbarely enough to get by