รอดตาย

rôt dtaai

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] survive; [to] escape death

to survive a life-threatening situation; to escape death.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillประสบbprà-sòpประสบbprà-sòp1[to] experience; encounter2[to] meet with; be faced withอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètaccident; mishapรถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toast4cl. for social classes/types (rare)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขารอดkăo rôtเขารอดkăo rôthe/she survived; got through safelyตายdtaaiตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal)
He was in a car crash, but he survived.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

รอดrôotรอดrôot1[to] survive; escape harm2[to] be spared; be exempt3[to] pass; get through; fit through; be allowed throughPart 1
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ตายdtaaiตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal)Part 2
รอดตายrôt dtaaiรอดตายrôt dtaai[to] survive; [to] escape death