ไม้ค้ำ(mái kám)
Meanings
1NounB1
crutch
a stick or support used under the arm to assist a person in walking
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)หักhàkหักhàk1[to] break; snap2be broken3[to] deduct; withhold4[to] swerve; turn the wheel sharply5[to] bend; fold back6[to] breach; violate7minus; less (arith.)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ไม้ค้ำmái kámไม้ค้ำmái kám1crutch2prop; supportเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)
His leg is broken, so he has to use crutches when walking.
2NounB2
prop; support
a wooden pole or stick used to prop up or support something, such as a tree or structure
Examples
ชาวสวนchaao sŭuanชาวสวนchaao sŭuanorchard farmer; horticultural farmer; gardener (by trade)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ไม้ค้ำmái kámไม้ค้ำmái kám1crutch2prop; supportช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]พยุงpà-yungพยุงpà-yung1[to] support; hold up2[to] prop up; sustain3Siamese rosewood; Dalbergia cochinchinensisต้นกล้วยdtôn glûuaiต้นกล้วยdtôn glûuaibanana tree; banana plantไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventล้มlómล้มlóm1to fall; topple2to knock/fell down3to cancel/overturn4to collapse; failเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoลมแรงlom raengลมแรงlom raeng1strong wind; high wind2windy; very windy; strong-wind conditions
The gardener uses wooden props to support the banana trees from falling when there is strong wind.
Word Breakdown
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ไม้ค้ำmái kámไม้ค้ำmái kámcrutch