พอไหว

po wăi

Meanings

1NounB1

manageable; so-so

manageable; just about able to cope; so-so; okay.

Examples

งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เยอะหน่อยyóe-nàwyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleพอไหวpo wăiพอไหวpo wăi1manageable; so-so2[to] manage; [to] be able to handle
There's a lot of work today, but I can manage it by myself.
2NounB1

[to] manage; [to] be able to handle

to be just able to do something; to manage or cope, though with some difficulty.

Examples

กระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)หนักnàkหนักnàk1heavy (weight)2difficult; tough (mentally/physically demanding)3heavily; severely; intensely4serious; severeมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyคุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[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 asคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleได้ไหมdâi măiได้ไหมdâi măi1is it possible/allowed?; OK?2could you ... ? (request softener)พอไหวpo wăiพอไหวpo wăi1manageable; so-so2[to] manage; [to] be able to handleครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
"This bag is very heavy. Can you carry it alone?" — "I can just about manage."

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyPart 1
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ไหวwăiไหวwăi1[to] be able to; manage to2[to] shake; tremble; quiver3sensitive; responsive (to stimuli)4[to] sense; perceive (subtle or spiritual)Part 2
พอไหวpo wăiพอไหวpo wăimanageable; so-so