เก็บเกี่ยว
harvest (crops)
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- 1 harvest (crops)、reap (grain)
- 2 gain (experience or knowledge)
It primarily means to harvest mature crops and can also figuratively describe gaining valuable experience, knowledge, or benefits from an opportunity or effort.
harvest (crops)、reap (grain)
Describes harvesting mature crops by gathering them from fields or other growing areas.
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เกษตรกรกำลังเก็บเกี่ยวข้าว kasèettrakɔɔn kamlaŋ kèpkìaw khâaw The farmers are harvesting rice. เกษตรกรกำลังเก็บเกี่ยวข้าว details
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ฤดูเก็บเกี่ยวเริ่มแล้ว rʉ́duu kèpkìaw rə̂əm lɛ́ɛw The harvest season has begun. ฤดูเก็บเกี่ยวเริ่มแล้ว details
gain (experience or knowledge)
Figuratively describes gaining experience, knowledge, benefits, or other valuable results from an activity or sustained effort.
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เขาเก็บเกี่ยวประสบการณ์จากการทำงานต่างประเทศ khǎw kèpkìaw prasòpkaan càak kaanthamŋaan tàaŋprathêet He gained experience from working abroad. เขาเก็บเกี่ยวประสบการณ์จากการทำงานต่างประเทศ details
Learning notes
Explanation
เก็บเกี่ยว combines เก็บ, “to gather or collect,” with เกี่ยว, “to reap or cut.” In agriculture, it covers the broader process of gathering in a mature crop, rather than only the physical act of cutting it. This harvesting image is also used figuratively with words such as ประสบการณ์ (experience), ความรู้ (knowledge), ผลสำเร็จ (successful results), and ผลประโยชน์ (benefits). In this use, it presents these things as valuable results reaped from an activity or effort.
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing crop harvesting, harvest seasons, and agricultural yields. Figuratively, it appears when talking about gaining experience or knowledge through work, study, training, or travel, as well as reaping results or benefits from effort or investment.
Caution
Use เก็บ for simply picking up, collecting, or storing something, and เกี่ยว when focusing only on cutting rice or grass. For picking an individual fruit, เก็บ or เด็ด is often more natural; เก็บเกี่ยว usually treats crops as a harvest being gathered in.
Differences from similar words
1 harvest (crops) synonyms
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เก็บ can mean picking fruit, but it also broadly means collecting, picking up, or putting something away. เก็บเกี่ยว specifically refers to harvesting crops.
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เกี่ยว focuses on cutting rice or grass, often with a sickle. เก็บเกี่ยว refers more broadly to the entire act of gathering in a crop.
2 gain (experience or knowledge) synonyms
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สั่งสม emphasizes gradually accumulating experience or knowledge over time. เก็บเกี่ยว presents it as something valuable gained or reaped from an activity or opportunity.