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How to say to be able to cope, manage
in Thai
ไหว
wǎi
to be able to cope, manage
wǎi rising
Mostly in ไม่ไหว 'can't manage': กินไม่ไหว 'can't eat any more', เดินไม่ไหว 'too tired to walk'. ไหวไหม 'can you manage?'
- Part of speech
- verb
In a sentence
- ไหวไหมwǎi mǎiAre you okay? Can you manage?
From the same situation: Problems and complaints
- ปัญหาproblem
- ถูกcorrect, right
- แย่bad, terrible
- บริการservice
- ใช้to use
- แตกto break, crack (glass, plates)
- เสียหายdamaged
- เปื้อนstained, dirty (marked)
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