เพิ่ง(pêrng)
Meanings
1AdverbA2
just; recently
A short time ago; very recently (past reference).
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeเมื่อกี้mêuua géeเมื่อกี้mêuua gée1just now; a moment ago2a moment ago; just now (time)
I just got home a moment ago.
2AdverbB1
only just now; only now
At this very moment or only at this time, not earlier (present reference).
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เพิ่งเริ่มpêrng rêrmเพิ่งเริ่มpêrng rêrm[to] have just startedกินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)เองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
I'm only just starting to eat now.
3AdverbB1
only/merely (just now starting)
Indicates that something has only begun or is at an initial stage.
Examples
โครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เพิ่งเริ่มpêrng rêrmเพิ่งเริ่มpêrng rêrm[to] have just startedเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ทำได้แค่tam dâi kâeทำได้แค่tam dâi kâe[to] can only [do sth]เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ข้อมูลพื้นฐานkôr-moon péun tăanข้อมูลพื้นฐานkôr-moon péun tăanbasic information; fundamental dataก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; former
This project has only just begun, so we can only gather basic data first.