บริจาค
donate
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- 1 donate、give (blood or organs)
This word means to voluntarily give money, goods, blood, organs, or other resources to support a charitable, public, or medical purpose without expecting anything in return.
donate、give (blood or organs)
To give something of your own without payment or personal benefit, usually for charity, public benefit, or medical use.
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ฉันบริจาคเสื้อผ้าให้มูลนิธิ chǎn bɔɔrícàak sʉ̂a phâa hây muunníthí I donated clothes to a foundation. ฉันบริจาคเสื้อผ้าให้มูลนิธิ details
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เขาไปบริจาคเลือดที่โรงพยาบาล khǎw pay bɔɔrícàak lʉ̂at thîi rooŋ pháyaabaan He went to the hospital to donate blood. เขาไปบริจาคเลือดที่โรงพยาบาล details
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โรงพยาบาลเปิดรับบริจาคอวัยวะ rooŋ pháyaabaan pə̀ət ráp bɔɔrícàak àwayyáwá The hospital accepts organ donations. โรงพยาบาลเปิดรับบริจาคอวัยวะ details
Learning notes
Explanation
บริจาค is used when someone voluntarily gives something they own for charity, disaster relief, public benefit, a religious institution, or medical use. It implies that nothing is expected in return. The usual pattern is บริจาค followed by the donated item: บริจาคเงิน “donate money,” บริจาคสิ่งของ “donate goods,” and บริจาคเลือด “donate blood.” The recipient can be introduced with ให้, while a purpose can be introduced with เพื่อ. The abstract noun is การบริจาค, meaning “donation” or “the act of donating.”
Usage
It is common in fundraising, disaster relief, donations to charities, foundations, temples, and schools, as well as clothing drives, blood donation, and organ donation. Notices often use expressions such as รับบริจาค “accept donations” and ร่วมบริจาค “join in donating.”
Caution
Do not normally use บริจาค for an ordinary gift to a friend; use ให้ instead. It can describe donations to a temple, but ทำบุญ refers more broadly to making merit, while ถวาย is commonly used for respectfully presenting something to monks or religious figures.
Differences from similar words
1 donate synonyms
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มอบ means to formally present, hand over, or confer something. บริจาค emphasizes giving without compensation to support a cause or benefit others.
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ให้ is the general verb for giving something to someone. บริจาค specifically involves donating something without compensation for a charitable, public, or medical purpose.