ฟันเฟือง(fan feuuang)
Meanings
1NounB2
gear tooth; cog
an individual tooth on a gear wheel; also, a small gear component within a mechanism
Examples
นาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaaนาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaa1clock; watch2classifier: clocks, watches3o'clock; time of dayเรือนreuuanเรือนreuuan1house; dwelling (traditional/wooden); hull/body (of sth)2classifier (ships/boats; houses—formal/lit.)3body; figure (formal/lit.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoฟันเฟืองfan feuuangฟันเฟืองfan feuuang1gear tooth; cog2cog (figurative)เล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2younger; junior3minor; slightๆ-หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)ทำงานร่วมกันtam-ngaan rûuam ganทำงานร่วมกันtam-ngaan rûuam gan[to] work together; [to] collaborate
This watch has many small gears working together.
2NounB2
cog (figurative)
figurative: a small but necessary member of a system or organization; someone or something that plays a minor yet essential role
Examples
แม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะเป็นjà bpenจะเป็นjà bpen1will be; will become2whether it be (fixed pattern)พนักงานใหม่pá-nák-ngaan màiพนักงานใหม่pá-nák-ngaan màinew employee; new hireแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsฟันเฟืองfan feuuangฟันเฟืองfan feuuang1gear tooth; cog2cog (figurative)สำคัญsăm-kanสำคัญsăm-kan1important; significant; essential2[to] think; assume; suppose (often mistakenly)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/slotช่วยให้chûuai hâiช่วยให้chûuai hâi[to] enable; help [sb/sth] (to) do [sth]; make [sth] possible/easierทีมteemทีมteem1team; group2squad; staff unitเดินหน้าdern nâaเดินหน้าdern nâa1[to] proceed; push ahead (with a plan)2[to] move forward; advance; go aheadตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)แผนpăenแผนpăen1plan; strategy2scheme; plotได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
Even though I'm a new employee, I'm an important cog that helps the team move forward according to plan.
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ฟันเฟืองfan feuuangฟันเฟืองfan feuuanggear tooth; cog