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พบ

Pronunciation

phóp

พบ

phóp

meet

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  1. 1 meet、see (someone by appointment)、have a meeting with
  2. 2 find、discover、detect
  3. 3 find out、find that、it is found that
  4. 4 encounter、experience、face (a problem or difficulty)

พบ is a verb for something or someone coming into your awareness or experience. With people it means “meet,” with things it means “find,” with facts it means “find out,” and with problems or situations it means “encounter.”

1

meet、see (someone by appointment)、have a meeting with

Verb⭐️4 Often used

Used for meeting someone, especially by arrangement or for a purpose. It sounds a little more formal or polished than เจอ.

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find、discover、detect

Verb⭐️4 Often used

Used when something is found, discovered, or detected, especially through searching, checking, or investigation. It is common in reports and news.

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3

find out、find that、it is found that

Verb⭐️3 Common

Used when a fact becomes clear from investigation, testing, checking, or observation. The pattern พบว่า means “find that” or “it was found that.”

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4

encounter、experience、face (a problem or difficulty)

Verb⭐️3 Common

Used for encountering or experiencing a situation, problem, obstacle, or difficulty. It commonly appears with abstract nouns.

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Learning notes

Explanation

The core idea of พบ is that someone or something comes into your awareness or experience. With people, พบคุณ means “meet you”; with objects, พบหลักฐาน means “find evidence”; with facts, พบว่า... means “find that ...”; and with problems, พบปัญหา means “encounter a problem.” In casual speech, เจอ is very common and flexible, while พบ sounds more formal and fits medical, business, news, report, and official contexts.

Usage

พบ is common when seeing a doctor, meeting someone for business or official purposes, reporting that evidence or cases were found, presenting test or investigation results, and describing problems or obstacles encountered.

Caution

พบ can sound a bit stiff in casual conversation with friends; เจอ is usually more natural there. Also, พบว่า is normally followed by a clause, so keep it separate from the pattern พบ + noun, as in พบปัญหา.

Differences from similar words

1 meet synonyms

  • พบปะ

    phóppà meet

    พบปะ emphasizes meeting and interacting with people and feels somewhat written or formal. พบ is the broader verb for meeting or seeing someone.

  • เจอ

    cəə meet

    เจอ is the natural everyday word for “meet” or “run into.” พบ is more formal and is common in appointments, medical settings, business, and writing.

2 find synonyms

3 find out synonyms

  • ปรากฏว่า

    ปรากฏว่า often introduces how something turned out. พบว่า focuses on a fact being found through examination, investigation, or checking.

  • รู้ว่า

    รู้ว่า means “know that” or “realize that” in a general sense. พบว่า implies that the fact was found through checking, investigation, or evidence.

4 encounter synonyms

Component words

Other words containing พบ

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