พอประทังชีวิต(paw bprà-tang chee-wít)

Meanings

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[to] subsist; [to] get by

Having just enough money, food, or resources to survive; to subsist.

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)ของป่าkŏng bpàaของป่าkŏng bpàa1forest products; wild produce2bushmeat; wild gameมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerขายkăaiขายkăai1[to] sell [sth]2for sale; for purchase3[to] sell oneself; prostitute oneselfได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; 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 villagers gather forest products to sell, earning just enough money to get by day to day.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyPart 1
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ประทังชีวิตbprà-tang chee-wítประทังชีวิตbprà-tang chee-wít[to] survive; get byPart 2
พอประทังชีวิตpaw bprà-tang chee-wítพอประทังชีวิตpaw bprà-tang chee-wít[to] subsist; [to] get by