เท่าที่(tâo têe)
Meanings
1ConjunctionB2
as far as; insofar as
as far as; insofar as (limited by what someone knows, sees, remembers, etc.)
Examples
เท่าที่tâo têeเท่าที่tâo têe1as far as; insofar as2as much as; to the extent (possible/necessary)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จำได้jam dâiจำได้jam dâi[to] remember [sth]; [to] recall [sth]; [to] recognize [sb/sth]เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)อยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] depend on; be up to3[to] be at (a level/amount)งานเลี้ยงngaan líiangงานเลี้ยงngaan líiangparty; banquet; reception; feast; functionเมื่อคืนนี้mêuua keun néeเมื่อคืนนี้mêuua keun née1last night (time reference)2last night (time noun)
As far as I remember, he wasn't at the party last night.
2ConjunctionB2
as much as; to the extent (possible/necessary)
as much as; to the extent that something is possible, available, or necessary (e.g., do only as much as is needed)
Examples
ไม่ต้องmâi dtôngไม่ต้องmâi dtông1don't have to; no need to2no need to; don't have to; don't3[!] don't; no needซื้อของséu kŏngซื้อของséu kŏng[to] buy things; go shoppingมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเยอะyéhเยอะyéh1many; much; a lot (of)2very; a lot (informal intensifier)3excessive; too muchเอามาao maaเอามาao maa1[to] bring (here); fetch (to the speaker)2[to] hand it over; give it here (imperative)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)เท่าที่tâo têeเท่าที่tâo têe1as far as; insofar as2as much as; to the extent (possible/necessary)จำเป็นjam-bpenจำเป็นjam-bpen1necessary; essential; required2necessarily; of necessity3[to] have to; be obliged (because necessary)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merely
Don't buy a lot of things, just bring as much as is necessary.
Word Breakdown
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เท่าที่tâo têeเท่าที่tâo têeas far as; insofar as