แค่(kâe)
Meanings
1AdverbA2
only; just
No more than the stated amount or thing; merely.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forคุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)สั้นsânสั้นsân1short (length)2short (time; brief)3concise4short (breath; supply)ๆ-สิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeนาทีnaa-teeนาทีnaa-tee1minute (time unit)2moment; minute (informal)
He wants to talk just briefly, only ten minutes.
2PrepositionB1
only; just (preposition)
Meaning “no more than” before a noun or number; limited to the stated point or amount.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)ร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherบาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)
I have no more than one hundred baht today.
3AdverbB1
merely; simply (downplaying)
Used to minimize the importance, size, or seriousness of something.
Examples
ไม่ต้องmâi dtôngไม่ต้องmâi dtông1don't have to; no need to2no need to; don't have to; don't3[!] don't; no needกังวลgang-wonกังวลgang-won1worried; anxious2[to] worry; be anxious (about)หรอกròkหรอกròk1emphatic denial (actually not; certainly not)2assurance/softener particle (explanatory tone)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)เรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nóiเรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nói1trivial matter; minor issue2no big deal; don’t mention itเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
Don’t worry. This is just a minor matter.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แค่เพียงkâe piiangแค่เพียงkâe piiangonly; just
only; just
เพียงpiiangเพียงpiiang1only; merely; just2enough; sufficient (literary/formal)3as; as much as; only if/when4only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)
- only; merely; just
- enough; sufficient (literary/formal)
- as; as much as; only if/when
- only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)
เพียงแค่piiang kâeเพียงแค่piiang kâe1only; just; merely2only if; just by (X)… then…
- only; just; merely
- only if; just by (X)… then…
อย่างเดียวyàang diaoอย่างเดียวyàang diao1only; just; solely; exclusively2alone; by itself (post-nominal)
- only; just; solely; exclusively
- alone; by itself (post-nominal)
ลำพังlam-pangลำพังlam-pang1alone; by oneself2on one’s own; without help3only; merely (limiting)
- alone; by oneself
- on one’s own; without help
- only; merely (limiting)