ภัยพิบัติ
pai pí-bàt
Meanings
1NounB1
disaster; catastrophe
a destructive event causing widespread loss, damage, or suffering, often natural (e.g., flood, earthquake) or large-scale man-made
Examples
หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)เกิดgèrtเกิดgèrt1to be born2born (indicating birthplace/time)3to happen; occur; arise4if (เกิด…); too; overly (เกิด…ไป)ภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàtภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàt1disaster; catastrophe2natural disasterชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòoย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòo[to] relocate; move to live (somewhere else)ศูนย์พักพิงsŏon pák pingศูนย์พักพิงsŏon pák pingshelter; refuge centerชั่วคราวchûua-kraaoชั่วคราวchûua-kraao1temporary; provisional; interim2temporarily; for the time being
After the disaster, villagers had to move to a temporary shelter.
2NounB1
natural disaster
a major harmful event resulting from natural processes, such as storms, tsunamis, droughts, or landslides
Examples
ปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearพายุpaa-yúพายุpaa-yú1typhoon; cyclone2storm (figurative)3stormรุนแรงrun-raengรุนแรงrun-raeng1violent; severe; intense2violently; severely; intenselyทำให้เกิดtam hâi gèrtทำให้เกิดtam hâi gèrt1[to] cause; bring about; give rise to; lead to2[to] produce; generate; create (an effect/output)ภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàtภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàt1disaster; catastrophe2natural disasterทางธรรมชาติtaang tam-má-châatทางธรรมชาติtaang tam-má-châatnatural; by natural meansในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)จังหวัดjang-wàtจังหวัดjang-wàt1provincial; upcountry (attrib., often before nouns)2province
This year, severe storms caused natural disasters in many provinces.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
พิบัติภัยpí-bàt paiพิบัติภัยpí-bàt paidisaster; calamity
disaster; calamity
สาธารณภัยsăa-taa-rá-ná-paiสาธารณภัยsăa-taa-rá-ná-pai1public disaster; public hazard2public calamity (legal/administrative)
- public disaster; public hazard
- public calamity (legal/administrative)
มหันตภัยmá-hăn-dtà-paiมหันตภัยmá-hăn-dtà-paicatastrophe; great danger
catastrophe; great danger
พิบัติpí-bàtพิบัติpí-bàt1disaster; calamity2[to] suffer calamity; be ruined
- disaster; calamity
- [to] suffer calamity; be ruined
วิบัติwí-bàtวิบัติwí-bàt1linguistic corruption; severe misuse2degenerate; depraved (moral/cultural)3calamity; ruin; catastrophe4disastrous; ruinous
- linguistic corruption; severe misuse
- degenerate; depraved (moral/cultural)
- calamity; ruin; catastrophe
- disastrous; ruinous
Word Breakdown
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ภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàtภัยพิบัติpai pí-bàtdisaster; catastrophe