The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 9

Vocabulary

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun or title

ก็

kô — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or concession

รู้

rúu — To know; to be aware of something

ว่า

wâa — That; to say; introduces reported speech or clauses

พวก

phûak — Group; bunch; plural marker for people

เรา

rao — We; us; first-person plural pronoun

ศิลปิน

sǐn-la-pin — Artist; one who creates or performs art

ผู้

phûu — Person; one who; prefix denoting a person or agent

ยากไร้

yâak-rái — Poor; destitute; lacking material resources

จำเป็น

jam-pen — Necessary; essential; required by circumstances

ต้อง

tông — Must; have to; indicating obligation or necessity

ปรากฏ

praa-kòt — To appear; to manifest; to become visible

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

สังคม

sǎng-khom — Society; social community or group of people

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; linking verb

ครั้ง

khrâng — Time; occasion; classifier for occurrences

คราว

khraao — Time; occasion; instance of an event

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just; limiting adverb

เพื่อ

phûuea — In order to; for the purpose of doing something

เตือน

tuuean — To warn; to remind; to caution someone

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative marker

สาธารณชน

sǎa-thaa-ra-na-chon — The public; general population; society at large

ระลึก

ra-lúek — To recall; to remember; to be mindful of

ไม่ใช่

mâi-châi — Not; is not; negates identity or classification

คน

khon — Person; human being; classifier for people

ป่า

pàa — Forest; jungle; wild uncultivated land

เถื่อน

thùuean — Wild; uncivilized; barbaric; lawless

ด้วย

dûuai — Also; with; by means of; too

เสื้อโค้ต

sûuea-khôot — Coat; overcoat; outer garment worn over clothes

ราตรี

raa-trii — Night; evening; formal or poetic word for nighttime

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

ผูก

phùuk — To tie; to bind; to fasten together

ไท

thai — Free; liberated; also refers to Thai people

สี

sǐi — Color; hue; shade of a visible spectrum

ขาว

khǎao — White; pale; light-colored

อย่าง

yàang — Type; kind; manner; in the way of

ที่

thîi — At; place; relative pronoun; classifier for locations

เคย

khuuei — Used to; ever; indicating past habitual action

บอก

bòok — To tell; to inform; to say to someone

ฉัน

chǎn — I; me; first-person pronoun used by women

หนึ่ง

nùeng — One; the number one; a single unit

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

ตาม

taam — To follow; according to; along with

แม้แต่

máae-tàe — Even; not even; emphasizing an extreme case

นายหน้า

naai-nâa — Broker; agent; middleman in transactions

หุ้น

hûn — Stock; share; equity in a company

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — Can; able to; capable of doing something

สร้าง

sâang — To create; to build; to establish something

ชื่อเสียง

chûue-sǐiang — Reputation; fame; public recognition or renown

มี

mii — To have; there is; indicating existence or possession

อารยธรรม

aa-ra-ya-tham — Civilization; advanced culture and societal development

ได้

dâai — Can; able to; past tense marker; to get

เมื่อ

mûuea — When; at the time that; upon a past event

อยู่

yùu — To live; to stay; to be located somewhere

ห้อง

hông — Room; chamber; enclosed space in a building

นั้น

nán — That; those; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

ราว

raao — About; approximately; around a certain number

สิบ

sìp — Ten; the number ten

นาที

naa-thii — Minute; unit of time equal to sixty seconds

พูดคุย

phûut-khui — To chat; to converse; to talk casually with someone

กับ

kàp — With; and; together with someone or something

บรรดา

ban-daa — All; various; a collective group of people

หญิงม่าย

yǐng-mâai — Widow; woman whose husband has died

สูงศักดิ์

sǔung-sàk — High-ranking; noble; of elevated social status

แต่งกาย

tàeng-kaai — To dress; to wear clothing; manner of dressing

ฉูดฉาด

chùut-châat — Gaudy; flashy; overly showy in appearance

เกิน

kuuein — Exceeding; too much; beyond a normal limit

งาม

ngaam — Beautiful; elegant; pleasing in appearance

นักวิชาการ

nák-wi-chaa-kaan — Academic; scholar; person engaged in scholarly work

น่า

nâa — Worth; likely to be; prefix expressing likelihood or feeling

เบื่อหน่าย

bùuea-nàai — Bored; fed up; feeling tedium or weariness

รู้สึก

rúu-sùek — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion

ขึ้นมา

khûen-maa — To rise up; to come up; emerging upward

ทันที

than-thii — Immediately; at once; without any delay

บางคน

baang-khon — Some people; certain individuals; not everyone

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently; in the process of; strength or power

มอง

moong — To look; to gaze; to direct one's eyes at

หัน

hǎn — To turn; to face toward a direction

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional particle indicating movement away

ครึ่ง

khrûeng — Half; fifty percent; midpoint of something

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; road; direction or route

เห็น

hěn — To see; to perceive visually; to notice

แรก

râaek — First; initial; earliest in a sequence

สายตา

sǎai-taa — Eyesight; gaze; line of vision

ของ

khǒong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ประสบ

pra-sòp — To experience; to encounter; to meet with something

กัน

kan — Each other; together; reciprocal particle

ตัวเอง

tua-eeng — Oneself; by oneself; reflexive pronoun

ซีด

sîit — Pale; pallid; lacking color in the face

เผือด

phùuat — Pallid; very pale; drained of color

ลง

long — Down; to descend; directional particle downward

ความรู้สึก

khwaam-rúu-sùek — Feeling; emotion; inner sense or sensation

หวาดกลัว

wàat-kluua — Frightened; fearful; filled with dread or terror

อัน

an — Classifier for various objects; a; one item

แปลก

plàaek — Strange; unusual; different from the ordinary

ประหลาด

pra-làat — Bizarre; extraordinary; strangely surprising or odd

เข้า

khâo — To enter; into; directional particle inward

ครอบงำ

khrôop-ngam — To dominate; to overwhelm; to take control over

หน้า

nâa — Face; front; page; next in sequence

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

เพียงแค่

phiang-khâae — Just; merely; only; emphasizing minimal extent

บุคลิกภาพ

bùk-kha-lík-khà-phâap — Personality; character; set of personal traits

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third-person pronoun

หลงใหล

lǒng-lǎi — Fascinated; captivated; deeply enchanted by something

มาก

mâak — Very; much; a lot; indicating high degree

จน

jon — Until; so much that; poor (as adjective)

ถ้า

thâa — If; in the event that; conditional conjunction

ยอม

yoom — To yield; to accept; to allow or permit

มัน

man — It; that thing; third-person pronoun for objects

เช่นนั้น

chên-nán — Like that; in such a way; as such

จะ

jà — Will; going to; future tense marker

กลืนกิน

kluuen-kin — To devour; to swallow up; to consume entirely

ธรรมชาติ

tham-ma-châat — Nature; the natural world; innate character

ทั้งหมด

tháng-mòt — All; entire; everything; the whole amount

จิตวิญญาณ

jìt-win-yaan — Soul; spirit; the inner spiritual essence of a person

ศิลปะ

sǐn-la-pà — Art; creative expression through various artistic mediums

เอง

eeng — Oneself; itself; emphasizes the subject doing the action

ไม่

mâi — Not; no; general negation marker in Thai

ต้องการ

tông-kaan — To want; to need; to desire something

อิทธิพล

ìt-thi-phon — Influence; power to affect others or events

ภายนอก

phaai-nôok — Outside; external; pertaining to the outer part

ใดๆ

dai-dai — Any; whatsoever; indefinite reference to anything

ชีวิต

chii-wít — Life; existence; the state of being alive

ดี

dii — Good; fine; of positive quality

แล้ว

láaeo — Already; then; after; indicating completed action

โดย

dooi — By; through; by means of; indicating agent

อิสระ

ìt-sa-rà — Free; independent; not under control of others

ใด

dai — Which; any; interrogative or indefinite adjective

นาย

naai — Mr.; master; male title or employer

มา

maa — To come; toward; directional particle indicating approach

ตลอด

ta-lòot — Throughout; always; the entire duration

อย่างน้อย

yàang-nói — At least; a minimum of; no fewer than

เสมอ

sa-muue — Always; constantly; on an equal level

กระทั่ง

kra-thâng — Until; even; up to a point in time

พบ

phóp — To meet; to find; to encounter someone or something

แต่

tàae — But; however; only; contrasting conjunction

อธิบาย

a-thi-baai — To explain; to clarify; to describe in detail

เข้าใจ

khâo-jai — To understand; to comprehend; to grasp meaning

อย่างไร

yàang-rai — How; in what way; interrogative of manner

บางสิ่ง

baang-sìng — Something; some thing; an unspecified item

ดู

duu — To look; to watch; to observe something

เหมือน

mǔuean — Like; similar to; resembling something else

บน

bon — On; above; on top of a surface

ขอบ

khòop — Edge; border; rim; margin of something

วิกฤต

wi-krìt — Crisis; critical situation; point of danger

สะพรึง

sa-phrûeng — Terrifying; dreadful; causing intense fear or horror

แปลกๆ

plàaek-plàaek — Oddly; strangely; in a peculiar repeated manner

โชคชะตา

chôok-cha-taa — Fate; destiny; predetermined course of events

เตรียม

triam — To prepare; to get ready; to make arrangements

ไว้

wái — To keep; to store; to place for future use

สำหรับ

sǎm-ràp — For; intended for; designated to a person or purpose

ทั้ง

tháng — Both; all; entire; inclusive of everything

ความสุข

khwaam-sùk — Happiness; joy; state of being content and pleased

ประณีต

pra-nîit — Refined; exquisite; delicate and carefully crafted

ความ

khwaam — Noun-forming prefix indicating state or quality

โศกเศร้า

sôok-sâo — Grief; sorrow; deep sadness or mourning

ออก

òok — To exit; out; to come out of a place

จาก

jàak — From; away from; indicating origin or separation