เข็ม(kĕm)
Meanings
1NounA2
needle; pin
a thin, sharp piece of metal used for sewing or fastening
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]เข็มkĕmเข็มkĕm1needle; pin2syringe needle3hand (of a clock); pointer4compass needle5needle (botany)เย็บyépเย็บyép1[to] sew; stitch2[to] hem; seam3[to] suture (medical)กระดุมgrà-dumกระดุมgrà-dum1button (fastener)2button (device control)ให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
Mom used a needle to sew a button for me.
2NounB1
syringe needle
a hollow, sharp needle used with a syringe to inject or draw fluids
Examples
พยาบาลpá-yaa-baanพยาบาลpá-yaa-baan1nurse2[to] nurse; [to] care forเปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)เข็มใหม่kĕm màiเข็มใหม่kĕm mài1new needle/pin (unused)2new syringe needle3new compass needleก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerฉีดยาchèet yaaฉีดยาchèet yaa1[to] give an injection; [to] get a shot2[to] spray medicine/chemicalsทุกครั้งtúk krángทุกครั้งtúk krángevery time; each time
The nurse changes to a new needle before every injection.
3NounB1
hand (of a clock); pointer
a narrow indicator on a clock, meter, or gauge that shows a value or time
Examples
เข็มkĕmเข็มkĕm1needle; pin2syringe needle3hand (of a clock); pointer4compass needle5needle (botany)นาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaaนาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaa1clock; watch2classifier: clocks, watches3o'clock; time of dayชี้chéeชี้chée1[to] point (at)2[to] indicate; show3[to] designate; specify; assign4[to] point out; highlightที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเลขlékเลขlék1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery number4numeric; numericalหกhòkหกhòk1six (6)2six (classifier-related form)3[to] spillแปลว่าbplae wâaแปลว่าbplae wâa1[to] mean (of a word/symbol); signify2[to] translate as3that means; which means; in other wordsเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsหกhòkหกhòk1six (6)2six (classifier-related form)3[to] spillโมงmohngโมงmohng1o’clock (daytime hours)2classifier: hours (telling time)
The clock hand points to six, meaning it's six o'clock.
4NounB1
compass needle
the magnetized pointer in a compass that indicates direction
Examples
เข็มkĕmเข็มkĕm1needle; pin2syringe needle3hand (of a clock); pointer4compass needle5needle (botany)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เข็มทิศkĕm títเข็มทิศkĕm títcompass (navigation tool)ชี้chéeชี้chée1[to] point (at)2[to] indicate; show3[to] designate; specify; assign4[to] point out; highlightไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทางเหนือtaang nĕuuaทางเหนือtaang nĕuua1the North; the northern region2in/to the north; up northทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)ทิศtítทิศtítdirection; compass pointได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
The needle in the compass points north, helping us find direction.
5NounB2
needle (botany)
a narrow, sharp leaf like that of a pine tree
Examples
พื้นpéunพื้นpéun1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3basis; level; background (figurative)4background (color/pattern)ใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2southern region; the South3southern; of the South (often as prefix ใต้-)4below; underneath (adverb)5under; subject to (authority/rules)ต้นสนdtôn sŏnต้นสนdtôn sŏnpine tree; conifer (general)ปกคลุมbpòk klumปกคลุมbpòk klum1[to] cover; envelop; blanket2[to] prevail; blanket (weather/condition)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toเข็มkĕmเข็มkĕm1needle; pin2syringe needle3hand (of a clock); pointer4compass needle5needle (botany)สีเขียวเข้มsĕe kĭiao kâemสีเขียวเข้มsĕe kĭiao kâemdark green colorเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsชั้นchánชั้นchán1floor; storey2layer; tier3shelf4class; rank; status5grade; year (in school)6classifier for floors/layers/shelves/classesหนาnăaหนาnăa1thick (not thin)2dense; in large quantity3thickly; densely
The ground beneath the pine tree is covered with a thick layer of dark green needles.