มัชฌิมาปฏิปทา(mát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taa)

Meanings

1NounB2

middle course; moderate approach

a balanced, moderate way of thinking or acting that avoids extremes

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wítใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wít[to] live (one's life); lead a lifeแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleมัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taaมัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taa1the Middle Way (Buddhism)2middle course; moderate approachไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ฟุ่มเฟือยfûm-feuaiฟุ่มเฟือยfûm-feuaiextravagant; lavish; wastefulแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; 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 markerไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ขี้เหนียวkêe nĭiaoขี้เหนียวkêe nĭiao1stingy; tight-fisted; miserly2a stingy personเกินไปgern bpaiเกินไปgern bpaitoo; overly; excessively
He lives a moderate life, not extravagant but not too stingy either.
2NounC1

the Middle Way (Buddhism)

the Buddhist path that avoids extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification; identified with the Noble Eightfold Path

Examples

ชาวพุทธchaao pútชาวพุทธchaao pút1a Buddhist; follower of Buddhism2Buddhists (collectively)เรียนรู้riian róoเรียนรู้riian róo[to] learn; acquire knowledgeเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàpเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàp1about; regarding; concerning2[to] relate to; concern; be aboutมัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taaมัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taa1the Middle Way (Buddhism)2middle course; moderate approachซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationหมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)ทางสายกลางtaang săai glaangทางสายกลางtaang săai glaang1middle course; moderation; middle ground2the Middle Way (Buddhism)
Buddhists learn about the Middle Path (Majjhimāpaṭipadā), which means the moderate way.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

มัชฌิมาmát-chí-maaมัชฌิมาmát-chí-maa1middle; moderate2the middle; the meanPart 1
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ปฏิปทาbpà-dtì-bpà-taaปฏิปทาbpà-dtì-bpà-taa1conduct; way of practice (formal)2path/discipline of practice (Buddhist)Part 2
มัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taaมัชฌิมาปฏิปทาmát-chì-maa bpà-dtì-bpà-taamiddle course; moderate approach