volunteer
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This word refers to someone who willingly takes part in helping others, serving the community, or carrying out another organized activity.
volunteer
A person who willingly joins an activity or offers to do work, especially for a community, organization, or public cause.
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ฉันสมัครเป็นอาสาสมัคร chǎn samàk pen aasǎasamàk I applied to be a volunteer. ฉันสมัครเป็นอาสาสมัคร details
Learning notes
Explanation
อาสาสมัคร is a noun for a person. It combines อาสา, “to offer or undertake something willingly,” with สมัคร, “to apply or sign up,” giving the overall idea of someone who voluntarily joins an activity. Common patterns include เป็นอาสาสมัคร (“be a volunteer”), สมัครเป็นอาสาสมัคร (“apply or sign up to be a volunteer”), and ทำงานเป็นอาสาสมัคร (“work as a volunteer”). The person does not necessarily receive no compensation at all. Someone who receives expenses or a small allowance may still be called an อาสาสมัคร. The classifier for counting volunteers is คน.
Usage
It is widely used for people who voluntarily participate in disaster relief, welfare work, community health, environmental projects, local activities, or event operations. It is natural in everyday conversation as well as in official recruitment notices.
Caution
Use อาสา, rather than อาสาสมัคร, when expressing the action of offering to do something. For example, ฉันอาสาช่วย means “I volunteered to help.”
Differences from similar words
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จิตอาสา emphasizes a public-spirited willingness to help and may refer to that mindset, a person, or an activity. อาสาสมัคร more directly identifies a person serving as a volunteer in a particular role or activity.