ราว(raao)

Meanings

1NounA2

rail; bar; pole

a long bar, rail, or pole for holding, supporting, or hanging things (e.g., handrail, clothes rail)

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)แขวนkwăenแขวนkwăen1[to] hang [sth]; suspend [sth] from above2[to] suspend; put on hold; shelve3[to] hang (execute)เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวไว้บนwái bonไว้บนwái bon[to] leave [sth] on top (of [sth]); [to] keep [sth] on topราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3roughly; around (adverb)4classifier: bars/rails/rods5approximately; roughly
I hang my shirt on the rail.
2PrepositionA2

about; approximately; around

used before numbers, amounts, time, or distance to show an approximate value

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมาถึงmaa tŭengมาถึงmaa tŭeng1[to] arrive (somewhere)2[to] reach; come to (time/stage/topic)3[to] come to (someone’s turn/time)ราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3roughly; around (adverb)4classifier: bars/rails/rods5approximately; roughlyหกโมงเย็นhòk mohng yenหกโมงเย็นhòk mohng yen6 PM; six o'clock in the evening
He arrived at around six in the evening.
3AdverbA2

approximately; roughly

used adverbially to indicate an approximate amount, time, distance, or number

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)ราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3roughly; around (adverb)4classifier: bars/rails/rods5approximately; roughlyหนึ่งร้อยnèung róiหนึ่งร้อยnèung róione hundred; 100บาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)
I have around one hundred baht.
4AdverbB1

roughly; around (adverb)

used adverbially to indicate approximation

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerพอดีpo deeพอดีpo dee1just right; exactly suitable2exactly; just (in time/amount)3happen to; by chance4just enoughราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3roughly; around (adverb)4classifier: bars/rails/rods5approximately; roughlyจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)รู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] know how (to do)3[to] feel; sense; perceive4be acquainted with (someone/thing)5[to] realize; find out; learnว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)รอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remain
He arrived just as if he somehow knew we were waiting.
5ClassifierB2

classifier: bars/rails/rods

classifier for long bar-like objects such as rails, rods, or rakes

Examples

ช่างchângช่างchâng1never mind; let it be2how (exclamatory)3artisan; mechanic; technician4crafts-; technical (prefix)5[to] be inclined to; be prone to (do often)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkสั่งsàngสั่งsàng1[to] command; instruct; direct2[to] order [sth]; place an order (food/goods)3[to] prescribe; order (medical/legal/official)ไม้ไผ่máai pàiไม้ไผ่máai pài1bamboo (plant)2bamboo (material)ห้าhâaห้าhâa1five (number)2haha (laughter, chat slang)ราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3roughly; around (adverb)4classifier: bars/rails/rods5approximately; roughlyเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveค้างkáangค้างkáang1[to] stay over; spend the night2[to] hang; be suspended; dangle3[to] freeze; stop responding4[to] remain; be left over5[to be] overdue; outstandingให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitแตงกวาdtaeng gwaaแตงกวาdtaeng gwaacucumberเลื้อยléuuayเลื้อยléuuay1[to] climb/spread (of vines/plants)2[to] creep/inch along (figurative)3[to] crawl; creep; slither
The gardener ordered five bamboo poles to make trellises for cucumbers to climb.

Related Words

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ประมาณbprà-maanประมาณbprà-maan1[to] estimate; approximate2approximately; about3estimate (noun)4moderate; modest (archaic/literary)
  • [to] estimate; approximate
  • approximately; about
  • estimate (noun)
  • moderate; modest (archaic/literary)
ราว ๆraao raaoราว ๆraao raaoapproximately; about

approximately; about

แถวtăeoแถวtăeo1[to] line up; arrange in a row2approximately; about (colloquial)3row; line4area; neighborhood; vicinity5[classifier] row; line
  • [to] line up; arrange in a row
  • approximately; about (colloquial)
  • row; line
  • area; neighborhood; vicinity
  • [classifier] row; line
สักsàkสักsàk1teak2[to] tattoo3about; approximately4any; even (a little); at all5[classifier] tree
  • teak
  • [to] tattoo
  • about; approximately
  • any; even (a little); at all
  • [classifier] tree
คร่าวๆkrâao krâaoคร่าวๆkrâao krâao1roughly; approximately2rough; approximate
  • roughly; approximately
  • rough; approximate