Thai–English dictionary

เกิดขึ้น

gòet-kêun

Audio pronunciation is available for this word.

Commonness: Very common in contemporary general Thai.

Meanings

v. exp.
  1. happen ; occur ; arise ; rise ; emerge ; spring ; bring about ; come about ; produce ; take place ; crop up ; form
adj.
  1. happened ; occurring ; arisen
v. exp.
  1. happen accidentally ; happen unexpectedly

Example sentences

v. exp.happen ; occur ; arise ; rise ; emerge ; spring ; bring about ; come about ; produce ; take place ; crop up ; form

เหตุการณ์ร้ายแรงเกิดขึ้นในเมืองใหญ่เมื่อคืนนี้

A serious incident happened in the big city last night

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