Dictionary entry
พัก
to rest
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedfor a whilelexitron
for a timelexitron
while; moment; periodwiktionary
to break; to pause; to halt(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary
to suspend: to debar or discontinue temporarily(transitive)wiktionary
to rest; to repose(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary
to lodge; to quarter; to board; to sojourn(intransitive)wiktionary
to stay; to hold; to detain; to confine(transitive)wiktionary
Classifier for an interval or period of timewiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesพักกลางวัน เรากินข้าวด้วยกัน
At lunch break, we eat together.
ตอนนี้พักอยู่ใต้สะพาน รอฝนซา
Right now I'm resting under a bridge, waiting for the rain to ease.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *bakᴰ (“to rest”). Cognate with Lao ພັກ (phak), Lü ᦗᧅ (pak) or ᦘᧅ (phak), Zhuang baeg (“to be tired; to gasp”). Compare Khmer ភ័ក (phĕək) and Old Chinese 泊 (OC *baːɡ).
Words built from it
พัก inside longer wordsA note on usage
คราว เช่น พักหนึ่ง พักใหญ่ๆ