The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 17

Vocabulary

แต่

tàe — But; however; used to contrast two ideas.

โลก

lôhk — World; the earth or a realm of existence.

อาจ

àat — Might; may; expresses possibility or uncertainty.

เดา

dao — To guess; to speculate without certain knowledge.

ได้

dâi — Can; able to; also marks past or successful action.

และ

láe — And; connects words, phrases, or clauses together.

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa-phá-jâo — I; formal first-person pronoun used in writing.

จะ

jà — Will; shall; future tense marker in Thai.

ไม่

mâi — Not; negation particle placed before verbs.

เปิดเผย

pèrt-phŏei — To reveal; to disclose something previously hidden.

จิตวิญญาณ

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

ของ

khŏng — Of; belonging to; possession marker in Thai.

ตน

ton — Oneself; a reflexive pronoun referring to the self.

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative or benefactive marker.

สายตา

săai-taa — Eyes; gaze; one's line of sight or vision.

ที่

thîi — At; which; that; relative pronoun or location marker.

สอดรู้สอดเห็น

sòt-rúu-sòt-hěn — Nosy; prying into others' business intrusively.

อย่าง

yàang — Like; in a manner of; type or kind of something.

ตื้นเขิน

tûen-khŏen — Shallow; superficial; lacking depth of thought.

พวกเขา

phûak-khăo — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.

เห็น

hěn — To see; to perceive visually or mentally.

หัวใจ

hŭa-jai — Heart; the emotional center of a person.

มี

mii — To have; to possess; there is or there are.

วัน

wan — Day; a period of twenty-four hours.

ถูก

thùuk — To be subjected to; correct; also passive marker.

วาง

waang — To place; to put something down in a spot.

ไว้

wái — To keep; to retain; marks a maintained state.

ภายใต้

phaai-tâi — Under; beneath; below something physically or figuratively.

กล้องจุลทรรศน์

glông-jun-lá-than — Microscope; instrument for viewing very tiny objects.

ตัวตน

tua-ton — Self; identity; one's true inner character.

อยู่

yùu — To be; to stay; to live at a place.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or concept.

สิ่งนั้น

sìng-nán — That thing; referring to a previously mentioned object.

มาก

mâak — Much; many; a lot; high degree of something.

เกินไป

goern-pai — Too much; excessively; beyond an acceptable degree.

จริงๆ

jing-jing — Really; truly; emphasizes sincerity or strong affirmation.

กวี

ga-wii — Poet; a person who writes poetry or verse.

นั้น

nán — That; those; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something.

พิถีพิถัน

phí-thii-phí-than — Meticulous; careful; paying great attention to detail.

เหมือน

mŭean — Like; similar to; resembling something else closely.

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun; also title of respect.

หรอก

ròk — Particle softening denial or contradiction in speech.

รู้ดี

rúu-dii — To know well; to understand something thoroughly.

ว่า

wâa — That; says; introduces reported speech or clauses.

ความหลงใหล

khwaam-long-lăi — Passion; fascination; deep enthusiasm toward something.

ประโยชน์

prà-yòht — Benefit; usefulness; advantage gained from something.

เพียงใด

phiang-dai — To what extent; how much; asks degree or amount.

สำหรับ

săm-ràp — For; intended for a specific person or purpose.

การตีพิมพ์

gaan-tii-phim — Publication; the act of printing and publishing work.

ปัจจุบัน

pàt-jù-ban — Present; current; referring to this moment in time.

หัวใจสลาย

hŭa-jai-sà-lăai — Heartbroken; devastated by emotional pain or loss.

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount or number.

ดวงเดียว

duang-diao — Single one; a sole instance of something counted.

ก็

gôr — Also; then; particle connecting or softening statements.

สามารถ

săa-mâat — Able to; capable of doing something successfully.

พิมพ์

phim — To print; to publish; to type text onto paper.

หลาย

lăai — Many; several; more than a few in number.

ครั้ง

khráng — Time; instance; a counter for occurrences or repetitions.

เกลียด

glìat — To hate; to strongly dislike a person or thing.

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action.

เช่นนั้น

chên-nán — Like that; in such a manner; that way.

ร้อง

róng — To cry out; to call; to sing or shout.

ขึ้น

khûen — Up; to rise; directional particle indicating increase.

ศิลปิน

sǐn-lá-pin — Artist; a person who creates art professionally.

ควร

khuan — Should; ought to; expresses moral or logical obligation.

สร้างสรรค์

sâang-săn — Creative; to create or produce something imaginatively.

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing; object; an abstract or physical item.

สวยงาม

sŭay-ngaam — Beautiful; lovely; pleasing to the eyes or senses.

ไม่ควร

mâi-khuan — Should not; ought not to do something.

นำ

nam — To lead; to bring; to carry something forward.

ชีวิต

chii-wít — Life; existence; one's personal life and experiences.

ส่วนตัว

sùan-tua — Personal; private; relating to oneself individually.

ใส่

sài — To put in; to insert; to add into something.

เข้าไป

khâo-pai — To go into; to enter inside something or somewhere.

งาน

ngaan — Work; job; a piece of creative or professional output.

เรา

rao — We; us; also used as informal first-person singular.

อาศัยอยู่

aa-săi-yùu — To live; to reside at a particular place permanently.

ยุค

yúk — Era; age; a distinct period in history or time.

ผู้คน

phûu-khon — People; persons; a group of human beings generally.

ปฏิบัติ

pà-tì-bàt — To practice; to treat; to carry out an action.

ต่อ

tòr — Toward; to; against; connecting or continuation particle.

งานศิลปะ

ngaan-sǐn-lá-pà — Artwork; a creative work produced by an artist.

ราวกับ

raao-gàp — As if; as though; used for comparison or simile.

มัน

man — It; informal third-person pronoun for things or animals.

ถูกสร้าง

thùuk-sâang — Was created; built or made by someone passively.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating motion toward.

เพื่อ

phûea — In order to; for the purpose of doing something.

เป็น

pen — To be; to become; links subject to its description.

รูปแบบ

rûup-bàep — Form; format; style or pattern of something structured.

หนึ่ง

nùeng — One; the number one; a single unit or instance.

อัตชีวประวัติ

àt-chii-wá-prà-wàt — Autobiography; a self-written account of one's life.

สูญเสีย

sŭun-sĭa — To lose; to suffer a loss of something valuable.

ความรู้สึก

khwaam-rúu-sùek — Feeling; emotion; a sense or emotional perception.

สุนทรียภาพ

sŭn-thá-rîi-yá-phâap — Aesthetics; appreciation of beauty in art or nature.

อัน

an — A classifier for small objects; also relative pronoun.

นามธรรม

naam-má-tham — Abstract; conceptual; not concrete or physical in nature.

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional particle indicating motion outward.

แล้ว

láew — Already; then; marks completed action or sequence.

สักวัน

sàk-wan — Someday; one day in the unspecified future.

แสดง

sà-daeng — To show; to perform; to demonstrate or display.

รู้

rúu — To know; to be aware of a fact or truth.

คือ

khue — Is; means; equates or defines the subject described.

อะไร

à-rai — What; anything; question word asking for identification.

ด้วย

dûay — Also; with; too; accompaniment or additional particle.

เหตุนั้น

hèt-nán — For that reason; therefore; because of that cause.

ภาพเหมือน

phâap-mŭean — Portrait; a painting or image resembling a person.

วาด

wâat — To draw; to paint; to create a visual image.

คิดว่า

khít-wâa — To think that; to believe or suppose something.

คิด

khít — To think; to consider; to reflect mentally on something.

ผิด

phìt — Wrong; incorrect; mistaken; a moral or factual error.

เถียง

thĭang — To argue; to disagree verbally with someone.

กับ

gàp — With; to; against; marks accompaniment or opposition.

มีแต่

mii-tàe — Only; there is nothing but; limited exclusively to.

ผู้ที่

phûu-thîi — Those who; the one who; a relative pronoun phrase.

หลงทาง

long-thaang — Lost; to go astray from the correct path.

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; direction; a route or means of travel.

ปัญญา

pan-yaa — Wisdom; intelligence; understanding and discernment.

เท่านั้น

thâo-nán — Only; that's all; nothing more than stated.

กัน

gan — Together; each other; a reciprocal or collective particle.

บอก

bòk — To tell; to inform; to say something to someone.

หน่อย

nòi — A little; just a bit; softens requests politely.

ชอบ

chôp — To like; to enjoy; to be fond of something.

ไหม

măi — Question particle asking yes-or-no in Thai.

จิตรกร

jìt-trà-gon — Painter; an artist who creates paintings professionally.

ครุ่นคิด

khrûn-khít — To ponder; to think deeply about something carefully.

ครู่หนึ่ง

khrûu-nùeng — A moment; a short while; a brief period of time.

เขา

khăo — He; she; him; her; third-person singular pronoun.

ตอบ

tòp — To answer; to reply to a question or statement.

หลังจาก

lăng-jàak — After; following an event or period of time.

หยุดคิด

yùt-khít — To pause and think; to stop and reflect mentally.

ชั่วครู่

chûa-khrûu — For a moment; briefly; for a short duration.

แน่นอน

nâe-non — Certainly; of course; definitely without any doubt.

เอาใจ

ao-jai — To please; to win favor; to flatter someone.

พบ

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

ความสุข

khwaam-sùk — Happiness; joy; a state of well-being and pleasure.

แปลกประหลาด

plàek-prà-làat — Strange; bizarre; unusually odd or surprising in nature.

การพูด

gaan-phûut — Speaking; talking; the act of verbal communication.

เสียใจ

sĭa-jai — Sorry; sad; feeling regret or sorrow about something.

ภายหลัง

phaai-lăng — Afterward; later; at a subsequent point in time.

ฟัง

fang — To listen; to hear attentively what someone says.

โดยปกติ

doi-pà-gà-tì — Usually; normally; in the typical or ordinary way.

น่าหลงใหล

nâa-long-lăi — Fascinating; captivating; worthy of deep admiration.

นั่ง

nâng — To sit; to be seated in a place or position.

สตูดิโอ

sà-tuu-dîo — Studio; a workspace for an artist or creative professional.

พูดคุย

phûut-khui — To chat; to talk; to have a casual conversation.

เรื่อง

rûeang — About; story; topic; a matter or subject discussed.

ต่างๆ

tàang-tàang — Various; different kinds; a variety of things.

นานา

naa-naa — Many; diverse; all sorts of various things.