เถ้าถ่าน(tâo tàan)

Meanings

1NounB1

ashes; cinders

The powdery or gritty residue left after burning; ashes or cinders.

Examples

กองไฟgong faiกองไฟgong faibonfire; campfire; fire (pile of burning wood)ดับdàpดับdàp1[to] go out; be extinguished2dead; lifeless (figurative/colloquial)3[to] extinguish; turn offแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เหลือlĕuuaเหลือlĕuua1[to] remain; be left2[to] have left; have remaining3[to] spare; have extra4[to] exceed; be more thanแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เถ้าถ่านtâo tàanเถ้าถ่านtâo tàan1ashes; cinders2ruins; remnants (figurative)
The campfire is out, only ashes are left.
2NounC1

ruins; remnants (figurative)

Figurative: what remains after total destruction or collapse; mere remnants.

Examples

ความหวังkwaam wăngความหวังkwaam wăng1hope; expectation2hope (person/thing); prospectของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsกลายglaaiกลายglaai1[to] become; turn into; transform (into)2[to] mutate; transmuteเป็นเถ้าถ่านbpen tâo tàanเป็นเถ้าถ่านbpen tâo tàan[to be] reduced to ashesหลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersล้มเหลวlóm lěoล้มเหลวlóm lěo1unsuccessful; failed2[to] fail; be unsuccessful
His hopes turned to ashes after the business failed.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เถ้าtâoเถ้าtâo1ash; ashes2elder; old man (archaic/literary)Part 1
+
ถ่านtàanถ่านtàan1charcoal2battery; battery cell3carbon (electrode)Part 2
เถ้าถ่านtâo tàanเถ้าถ่านtâo tàanashes; cinders