เบื้องต้น(bêuuang dtôn)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional
serving as an initial or preliminary stage and often subject to later revision or detail
Examples
นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectแผนการpăen gaanแผนการpăen gaan1plan; strategy2plot; scheme (often negative)เบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtôn1basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional2initially; at first; preliminarily3the outset; initial stageเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)อาจจะàat jàอาจจะàat jàmaybe; perhaps; mightต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightปรับเปลี่ยนbpràp bplìianปรับเปลี่ยนbpràp bplìian1[to] adjust; modify; alter2[to] revise; amendอีกทีèek teeอีกทีèek tee1another time; later2again; once more
This is a preliminary plan; we might have to adjust it again.
2AdverbB1
initially; at first; preliminarily
at the beginning or in the first stage of something
Examples
เบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtôn1basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional2initially; at first; preliminarily3the outset; initial stageเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillดูเหมือนdoo mĕuuanดูเหมือนdoo mĕuuan1[to] seem; appear; look2apparently; seeminglyไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyสนิทsà-nìtสนิทsà-nìt1well-acquainted; familiar (with) [sth]2tight; snug; sealed3close; intimate (relationship)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkเก่งมากgèng mâakเก่งมากgèng mâak1very good (at [sth]); highly skilled2well done!; great job!
At the beginning, he seemed quiet, but once we became close, he's very talkative.
3NounB1
the outset; initial stage
the first or preliminary phase of an event, process, or investigation
Examples
ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]ขั้นkânขั้นkân1step; stair2stage; level; phase3classifier: steps/levels/stages4rank; grade; tierเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtôn1basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional2initially; at first; preliminarily3the outset; initial stageของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsโครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposal
Right now, we are only in the preliminary phase of the project.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ปฐมภูมิbpà-tŏm-poomปฐมภูมิbpà-tŏm-poom1primary; initial; original2primary care (medicine)3of primary origin; from the original source
- primary; initial; original
- primary care (medicine)
- of primary origin; from the original source
ขั้นต้นkân dtônขั้นต้นkân dtôn1initial; basic2initial stage
- initial; basic
- initial stage
เบื้องแรกbêuuang râekเบื้องแรกbêuuang râek1initially; at first2the first stage; the beginning
- initially; at first
- the first stage; the beginning
ขั้นพื้นฐานkân péun tăanขั้นพื้นฐานkân péun tăan1basic; fundamental2basic level; elementary stage
- basic; fundamental
- basic level; elementary stage
เริ่มต้นrêrm dtônเริ่มต้นrêrm dtôn1[to] begin; start; commence2initial; at the start; introductory3beginning; start; outset
- [to] begin; start; commence
- initial; at the start; introductory
- beginning; start; outset
Word Breakdown
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เบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônbasic; introductory; preliminary; provisional