เปล่าประโยชน์(bplào bprà-yòht)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
useless; futile; of no benefit
Giving no benefit or result; useless; futile.
Examples
ซ่อมsômซ่อมsôm1[to] repair; fix2repair; fixing; repair workวิทยุwít-tá-yúวิทยุwít-tá-yú1radio (device)2radio (broadcasting; the medium)3radio set; walkie-talkieพังpangพังpang1[to] break down; collapse; fall apart2ruined; a mess (plans/situations)3broken; not working4broke; flat broke (slang)เครื่องkrêuuangเครื่องkrêuuang1machine; engine; device2appliance; electrical device3equipment; gear4aircraft (colloq.); engine (aircraft)5classifier: machines/devices6embellishment/attire (classical)7assortment/set (pref.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòhtเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòht1useless; futile; of no benefit2in vain; to no avail
It is futile to try to fix this broken radio.
2AdverbB2
in vain; to no avail
Without producing any result; in vain; to no avail.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)พยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptอธิบายà-tí-baaiอธิบายà-tí-baai1[to] interpret; expound2[to] explain; clarifyให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเข้าใจkâo jaiเข้าใจkâo jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to be] understanding (of [sb])3[to] assume; take sth to be trueแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòhtเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòht1useless; futile; of no benefit2in vain; to no avail
I tried to make him understand, but it was to no avail.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เสียเปล่าsĭia bplàoเสียเปล่าsĭia bplàoin vain; for nothing
in vain; for nothing
สูญเปล่าsŭun bplàoสูญเปล่าsŭun bplào1in vain; futile; wasted2to no purpose; uselessly
- in vain; futile; wasted
- to no purpose; uselessly
ไร้ประโยชน์rái bprà-yòhtไร้ประโยชน์rái bprà-yòhtuseless; pointless
useless; pointless
ไร้ผลrái pŏnไร้ผลrái pŏnineffective; fruitless
ineffective; fruitless
ไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaam1useless; incompetent2senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]3fruitless; no useful result
- useless; incompetent
- senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]
- fruitless; no useful result
Word Breakdown
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เปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòhtเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòhtuseless; futile; of no benefit