เก่าก่อน(gào gòn)
Meanings
1AdverbB1
formerly; in olden times
in the past; long ago; in former times.
Examples
คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleสมัยเก่าsà-măi gàoสมัยเก่าsà-măi gào1the old days; former times2old-fashioned; from an earlier eraก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ชีวิตเรียบง่ายchee-wít rîiap ngâaiชีวิตเรียบง่ายchee-wít rîiap ngâaia simple lifeกว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
People long ago lived a simpler life than this.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แต่ก่อนdtàe gònแต่ก่อนdtàe gònformerly; previously; in the old days
formerly; previously; in the old days
สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back then
- the old days; former times
- formerly; in the past; back then
ในอดีตnai à-dèetในอดีตnai à-dèetin the past; formerly
in the past; formerly
โบร่ำโบราณbò-râm boh-raanโบร่ำโบราณbò-râm boh-raanancient; old-fashioned; archaic
ancient; old-fashioned; archaic
Word Breakdown
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เก่าก่อนgào gònเก่าก่อนgào gònformerly; in olden times