ไม้ค้ำยัน(mái kám yan)
Meanings
1NounB1
crutch
a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a person with an injury or disability
Examples
ขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)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]ไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yanไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yan1crutch2prop; brace; 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)
My leg is broken, so I have to use crutches when walking.
2NounB2
prop; brace; support
a pole or beam used as a structural support to keep something, such as a tree or building, from falling or sagging
Examples
คนสวนkon sŭuanคนสวนkon sŭuangardener; groundskeeper; garden workerเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yanไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yan1crutch2prop; brace; supportมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerพยุงpà-yungพยุงpà-yung1[to] support; hold up2[to] prop up; sustain3Siamese rosewood; Dalbergia cochinchinensisต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)ไม่ให้mâi 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; fail
The gardener used a support pole to prop up the newly planted tree so it wouldn't fall.
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ไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yanไม้ค้ำยันmái kám yancrutch