รับงาน(ráp ngaan)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] accept work; [to] take a job

to accept a job, task, or commission; to take on freelance work

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakเหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakvery tired; exhaustedเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)รับงานráp ngaanรับงานráp ngaan1[to] accept work; [to] take a job2[to] engage in sex workเพิ่มpêrmเพิ่มpêrm1[to] increase; add2additional; more3additionally; in addition; moreoverแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
I am very tired today, so I'm not accepting any more work.
2VerbB2

[to] engage in sex work

to engage in sex work; to work as an escort or prostitute (used as a common euphemism)

Examples

มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoข่าวลือkàao leuuข่าวลือkàao leuurumor; hearsayว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeดาราdaa-raaดาราdaa-raa1celebrity; star (entertainment)2star (astronomy) [formal/lit.]คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)แอบàepแอบàep1[to] do [sth] secretly; [to] conceal (one’s actions)2[to] secretly like; have a crush (without telling)3secretly; on the slyรับงานráp ngaanรับงานráp ngaan1[to] accept work; [to] take a job2[to] engage in sex workเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofหาเงินhăa ngernหาเงินhăa ngern[to] earn money; [to] make moneyมาใช้maa cháiมาใช้maa chái[to] come (and) use [sth]หนี้nêeหนี้nêedebt; liabilityพนันpá-nanพนันpá-nan1[to] bet; gamble; wager [on sth]2bet; wager; gamble (stake)
There is a rumor that the celebrity secretly took on escort work to find money to pay off gambling debts.

Word Breakdown

รับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearPart 1
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งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsPart 2
รับงานráp ngaanรับงานráp ngaan[to] accept work; [to] take a job