แบต(bàet)
Meanings
1NounA2
battery (device)
informal shorthand for battery; a power cell for phones, laptops, cars, etc.
Examples
โทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàp1mobile phone; cellphone (colloquial)2[to] telephone [sb]; [to] call3telephone; phoneเครื่องkrêuuangเครื่องkrêuuang1machine; 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)เปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)แบตbàetแบตbàet1battery (device)2battery level/chargeได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedง่ายngâaiง่ายngâai1easy; simple2easily; readily3straightforward; uncomplicated
This phone can have its battery easily replaced.
2NounA2
battery level/charge
informal reference to the remaining power of a device (e.g., แบตจะหมดแบตจะหมดbàet jà mòtthe battery is about to run out ‘the battery is about to die’)
Examples
รีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)ชาร์จcháatชาร์จcháat1[to] charge (a device/battery)2charging (process)หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)แบตจะหมดbàet jà mòtแบตจะหมดbàet jà mòtthe battery is about to run outแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Hurry and charge it; the battery is about to die.