The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 4

Vocabulary

กระนั้น

kra-nan — Even so; nevertheless; despite that fact

เรา

rao — We; us; I (informal first person pronoun)

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or concession

ได้

dai — Can; able to; have done; indicates possibility or past action

ทำ

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

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; matter; an item or concept

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying-yai — Great; magnificent; grand; impressive in scale

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker; indicates completed action

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; done; indicates completed action

ถูก

thuk — Correct; cheap; to be acted upon (passive marker)

ยัด

yat — To stuff; to cram; to force something into a space

เยียด

yiat — To squeeze; to push tightly into a confined space

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; for; causative particle

แบกรับ

baek-rap — To bear; to shoulder a burden or responsibility

ภาระ

pha-ra — Burden; responsibility; obligation one must carry

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

มัน

man — It; he/she (informal); third person pronoun

ไป

pai — To go; away from speaker; directional particle

แค่

khae — Only; just; merely; limiting particle

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; to; indicating arrival at destination

ตลาด

ta-lat — Market; marketplace; place for buying and selling

หลักทรัพย์

lak-sap — Securities; stocks; financial assets traded on exchange

เท่านั้น

thao-nan — Only that; just that; nothing more

เธอ

thoe — She; her; you (informal, often to females)

ส่าย

sai — To shake; to sway; to move side to side

หัว

hua — Head; top; beginning of something

ฉัน

chan — I; me (polite, often used by females)

เชื่อมั่น

chuea-man — To be confident; to believe firmly in something

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or concept

เผ่าพันธุ์

phao-phan — Race; species; lineage; ethnic or biological group

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human; human being; mankind

ร้อง

rong — To cry out; to sing; to shout or call

ขึ้น

khuen — To rise; up; increase; directional particle upward

หมายถึง

mai-thueng — To mean; to signify; to refer to something

การ

kan — Act of; process; nominalizing prefix for actions

อยู่รอด

yu-rot — To survive; to endure; to remain alive

ผู้ที่

phu-thi — One who; the person that; relative pronoun for people

ผลักดัน

phlak-dan — To push forward; to drive; to motivate progress

ตนเอง

ton-eng — Oneself; themselves; reflexive pronoun

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

พัฒนา

phat-tha-na — To develop; to improve; progress and advancement

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix turning adjectives into abstract nouns

เสื่อมถอย

sueam-thoi — Decline; deterioration; gradual worsening or decay

ดึงดูดใจ

dueng-dut-jai — To attract; to fascinate; to capture one's interest

มากกว่า

mak-kwa — More than; greater than; exceeding in comparison

ศิลปะ

sin-la-pa — Art; fine arts; creative expression and aesthetics

ล่ะ

la — Particle seeking confirmation or softening a question

ถาม

tham — To ask; to question; to inquire about something

คือ

khue — Is; are; to be; equating or defining something

โรคร้าย

rok-rai — Serious illness; deadly disease; malignant sickness

ความรัก

khwam-rak — Love; affection; the feeling of loving someone

มายาภาพ

ma-ya-phap — Illusion; mirage; deceptive or false image

ศาสนา

sat-sa-na — Religion; faith; organized system of spiritual belief

ทดแทน

thot-thaen — To replace; to substitute; to compensate for something

ความเชื่อ

khwam-chuea — Belief; faith; conviction held about something

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently; in the process of; present continuous marker

เป็นนิยม

pen-ni-yom — To be popular; fashionable; widely accepted or liked

คน

khon — Person; people; human individual

สงสัย

song-sai — To doubt; to be curious; to question or wonder

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each one without exception

ไม่เลย

mai-loei — Not at all; absolutely not; emphatic negation

จุดเริ่มต้น

jut-roem-ton — Starting point; beginning; origin of something

ศรัทธา

sat-tha — Faith; devotion; sincere belief in something

อะไร

a-rai — What; what thing; interrogative pronoun

กัน

kan — Together; each other; reciprocal action particle

การนิยาม

kan-ni-yam — Definition; act of defining or describing something

จำกัด

jam-kat — To limit; to restrict; confined within boundaries

เงื่อนงำ

nguen-ngam — Clue; hint; subtle indication pointing toward answer

สัก

sak — Even one; at least; particle indicating minimal amount

อย่าง

yang — Type; kind; way; manner of something

เส้นด้าย

sen-dai — Thread; yarn; thin fiber used in weaving

ขาด

khat — To be cut; broken; lacking; severed apart

คง

khong — Probably; likely; to remain; expressing probability

หลงทาง

long-thang — To be lost; to lose one's way; go astray

เขาวงกต

khao-wong-kot — Maze; labyrinth; complex confusing network of paths

ทำให้

tham-hai — To make; to cause; to result in a condition

งุนงง

ngun-ngong — Confused; puzzled; bewildered by something unclear

คุย

khui — To chat; to talk informally; to converse casually

เรื่อง

rueang — Topic; story; matter; subject of discussion

อื่น

uen — Other; another; different from current one

ดีกว่า

di-kwa — Better than; preferable; superior in comparison

เจ้าบ้าน

jao-ban — Host; homeowner; person who hosts guests

หัวข้อ

hua-kho — Topic; subject heading; main point of discussion

น่าสนใจ

na-son-jai — Interesting; fascinating; worth paying attention to

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time of; previously

หลาย

lai — Many; several; numerous in quantity

ปี

pi — Year; annual period of twelve months

ก่อน

kon — Before; previously; earlier in time

ได้รับ

dai-rap — To receive; to obtain; to be given something

ขนานนาม

kha-nan-nam — To nickname; to give a title or epithet to someone

ว่า

wa — That; to say; quotative particle introducing speech

เจ้าชาย

jao-chai — Prince; young male royalty of noble standing

รูปงาม

rup-ngam — Handsome; good-looking; having an attractive appearance

อย่า

ya — Don't; imperative particle for negative commands

เตือน

tuean — To warn; to remind; to alert someone to danger

นึกถึง

nuek-thueng — To think of; to recall; to remember something

นั้น

nan — That; those; demonstrative pronoun for distant objects

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; emphatic particle

ช่าง

chang — How very; how; intensifier expressing strong quality

น่าขนลุก

na-khon-luk — Creepy; hair-raising; causing goosebumps from fear

เสีย

sia — Unfortunately; broken; wasted; particle of mild regret

จริง

jing — Really; truly; indeed; genuine and not false

คืนนี้

khuen-ni — Tonight; this evening; the current night

ตอบ

top — To answer; to reply; to respond to a question

พลาง

phlang — While doing; simultaneously; at the same time

หน้าแดง

na-daeng — To blush; face turning red from embarrassment

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe; to trust; to have confidence in

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to have a thought

แต่งงาน

taeng-ngan — To marry; to get married; to wed someone

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something

บน

bon — On; upon; on top of a surface

หลักการ

lak-kan — Principle; fundamental rule; guiding concept or doctrine

ทาง

thang — Way; path; direction; pertaining to a field

วิทยาศาสตร์

wit-tha-ya-sat — Science; systematic study of natural world

ล้วนๆ

luan-luan — Purely; entirely; completely without mixture

ฐานะ

tha-na — Status; position; financial or social standing

ตัวอย่าง

tua-yang — Example; sample; specimen illustrating a point

ดีที่สุด

di-thi-sut — Best; the finest; superlative degree of good

ผีเสื้อ

phi-suea — Butterfly; colorful winged insect

สมัยใหม่

sa-mai-mai — Modern; contemporary; belonging to the present era

หา

ha — To look for; to search; to seek something

หวัง

wang — To hope; to wish for; to expect a desired outcome

เอา

ao — To take; to want; to get; versatile action verb

ปัก

pak — To stick into; to pin; to plant in a surface

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or softening requests

หัวเราะ

hua-ro — To laugh; to chuckle; expressing amusement audibly

อย่างนั้น

yang-nan — Like that; in that way; in such a manner

อยู่

yu — To be at; to stay; to live; indicating ongoing state

ค่ะ

kha — Polite particle used by female speakers at sentence end

ตอน

ton — When; at the time of; episode; period of time

หงุดหงิด

ngut-ngit — Irritated; annoyed; in a fretful or cross mood

เรื่องเล็กน้อย

rueang-lek-noi — Minor matter; trivial issue; something of little importance

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; the most extreme degree; superlative marker

เท่านั้นเอง

thao-nan-eng — That's all; just that; nothing more to it

รับรอง

rap-rong — To guarantee; to assure; to certify something confidently