เคราะห์(kró)
Meanings
1NounB2
misfortune; ill luck; calamity
bad luck or an unfortunate event affecting someone; often contrasted with บุญบุญbun1merit; good karma2benefit; favor; blessing (colloquial)3meritorious deed/กรรมกรรมgam1karma; deed (Buddhist moral causation)2deed; act (with moral weight)3fate; consequence; retribution4damn it; what bad luck! (colloquial) in Thai belief
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillช่วงนี้chûuang néeช่วงนี้chûuang née1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodเจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เคราะห์króเคราะห์kró1misfortune; ill luck; calamity2fate; astrological influenceรถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesเสียแล้วsĭia láewเสียแล้วsĭia láew1already (final/regretful tone)2[to] pass away (polite)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerโดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)เลื่อนงานlêuuan ngaanเลื่อนงานlêuuan ngaan[to] postpone [an event/work]
Lately he's had nothing but bad luck—his car broke down and his work got postponed.
2NounC1
fate; astrological influence
one’s fate or fortune as interpreted by astrology (e.g., ดาวเคราะห์ดาวเคราะห์daao krórplanet, เคราะห์ซ้ำกรรมซัด); used in fortune‑telling contexts
Examples
หมอดูmŏr dooหมอดูmŏr doofortune-teller; seerบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatเคราะห์króเคราะห์kró1misfortune; ill luck; calamity2fate; astrological influenceของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearแรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightทำบุญtam bunทำบุญtam bun1[to] make merit; perform religious good deeds2hold a merit-making ceremonyสะเดาะเคราะห์sà-dò króสะเดาะเคราะห์sà-dò kró1[to] ward off bad luck (by a ritual)2rite to avert misfortune
The fortuneteller said his astrological fate is intense this year, so he should perform a misfortune-warding ritual.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
โชคชะตาchôhk chá-dtaaโชคชะตาchôhk chá-dtaafate; destiny
fate; destiny
เคราะห์กรรมkrǿ gamเคราะห์กรรมkrǿ gam1misfortune due to karma/astrological fate2bad luck; adversity3alas! what a misfortune!
- misfortune due to karma/astrological fate
- bad luck; adversity
- alas! what a misfortune!
ดวงduuangดวงduuang1orb; sun/moon; lamp; round spot2fortune; fate; horoscope3classifier: round/bright objects (lamps, bulbs, celestial bodies); spots
- orb; sun/moon; lamp; round spot
- fortune; fate; horoscope
- classifier: round/bright objects (lamps, bulbs, celestial bodies); spots
เคราะห์ร้ายkrór ráaiเคราะห์ร้ายkrór ráai1unlucky; unfortunate; ill‑fated2misfortune; bad luck
- unlucky; unfortunate; ill‑fated
- misfortune; bad luck
โชคร้ายchôhk ráaiโชคร้ายchôhk ráai1unlucky; unfortunate2unluckily; unfortunately
- unlucky; unfortunate
- unluckily; unfortunately