รับบท(ráp bòt)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] be cast as; [to] play a role (in a film/play)
To act in a specific part in a movie, play, or show; to be cast as [sb].
Examples
ละครlá-konละครlá-kon1drama; play; theater show2theater; dramatic artsเรื่องใหม่rêuuang màiเรื่องใหม่rêuuang mài1a new matter/topic/story2new business (meeting agenda)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)รับบทเป็นráp bòt bpenรับบทเป็นráp bòt bpen[to] play the role of [sb/sth]; [to] act as [sb/sth]ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officer
In this new drama, he was cast as a policeman.
2VerbB2
[to] take on the role of [sb/sth]
To take on a specific function, character, or responsibility, often temporarily or figuratively.
Examples
ในฐานะnai tăa-náในฐานะnai tăa-náas; in the capacity/role ofพี่คนโตpêe kon dtohพี่คนโตpêe kon dtoheldest siblingฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightรับบทเป็นráp bòt bpenรับบทเป็นráp bòt bpen[to] play the role of [sb/sth]; [to] act as [sb/sth]ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)ไกล่เกลี่ยglài glìiaไกล่เกลี่ยglài glìia1[to] mediate; conciliate2mediation; conciliationเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]น้องๆnáwng náwngน้องๆnáwng náwng1younger siblings (plural)2juniors; younger members3affectionate address to juniorsทะเลาะกันtá-ló ganทะเลาะกันtá-ló gan[to] argue; quarrel (with each other)
As the eldest sibling, I have to take on the role of mediator when my younger siblings argue.
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รับบทráp bòtรับบทráp bòt[to] be cast as; [to] play a role (in a film/play)