รุ่น
generation
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- 1 generation、age group
- 2 model、product generation
This word groups people or things by a shared time period, cohort, or stage of development. It commonly means a generation or class of people and a model or generation of a product. In a few established expressions, it can also describe someone as young or adolescent.
generation、age group
It refers to people who belong to the same generation or broad age group.
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คนรุ่นใหม่ khon rûn mày the new generation คนรุ่นใหม่ details
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เราเป็นคนรุ่นเดียวกัน raw pen khon rûn diaw kan We belong to the same generation. เราเป็นคนรุ่นเดียวกัน details
model、product generation
It refers to a model or generation of a product, distinguished by its design, release period, or stage of development.
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รถรุ่นใหม่ rót rûn mày a new car model รถรุ่นใหม่ details
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โทรศัพท์รุ่นนี้ราคาเท่าไร thoorasàp rûn níi raakhaa thâw ray How much is this phone model? โทรศัพท์รุ่นนี้ราคาเท่าไร details
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รุ่นล่าสุด rûn lâasùt the latest model รุ่นล่าสุด details
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Explanation
The central idea of รุ่น is a group of people or things belonging to the same period or stage of development. For people, it may refer to a broad generation, as in คนรุ่นเดียวกัน “people of the same generation.” In schools and workplaces, it can instead identify an intake or cohort based on the year people entered, graduated, joined, or trained. Therefore, รุ่นพี่ “senior” and รุ่นน้อง “junior” are not determined by age alone. For products, รุ่น distinguishes models or product generations, as in รถรุ่นนี้ “this car model” and โทรศัพท์รุ่นใหม่ “a new phone model.” It frequently takes a following demonstrative or modifier: รุ่นนี้ means “this cohort/model,” รุ่นเดียวกัน means “the same generation/cohort/model,” and รุ่นใหม่ means “a new generation/model.” The pattern รุ่นที่ + number marks an ordered class or generation, as in รุ่นที่ 10 “the tenth class.”
Usage
It is common when discussing social generations and when identifying classmates, cohorts, seniors, and juniors at school, university, or work. It is also frequently used in stores, advertisements, product reviews, and technology discussions to distinguish models and generations of cars, phones, appliances, and other products.
Caution
รุ่น does not mean a person's specific age; use อายุ when asking or stating how old someone is. รุ่นใหม่ can mean “the new or younger generation” when referring to people, but “a new model” when referring to products. รุ่น by itself is not the usual word for “a young person”; วัยรุ่น is normally used for an adolescent or teenager. Although รุ่น means “model,” a model number is more clearly expressed as หมายเลขรุ่น.
Differences from similar words
1 generation synonyms
2 model synonyms
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เวอร์ชัน is a loanword commonly used for a version of software, a document, or similar content. รุ่น is especially common for product models and generations, such as cars, phones, and appliances.