ใหญ่หลวง(yài lŭuang)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

immense; momentous; very important

very great in size or degree; of great importance; immense, momentous

Examples

โครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalสร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developเขื่อนkèuuanเขื่อนkèuuan1dam2embankment; levee; dikeนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความสำคัญkwaam săm-kanความสำคัญkwaam săm-kanimportance; significanceใหญ่หลวงyài lŭuangใหญ่หลวงyài lŭuangimmense; momentous; very importantต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)ริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náamริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náam1riverside; riverbank2by/along the river (locative use)
This dam construction project is of immense importance to the riverside community.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)Part 1
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หลวงlŭuangหลวงlŭuang1royal; of the king/state2state; public; official3honorific for monks/holy objects4venerable monk (colloq.)Part 2
ใหญ่หลวงyài lŭuangใหญ่หลวงyài lŭuangimmense; momentous; very important