กลั่นแกล้ง(glàn glâeng)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] bully; pick on [sb]

to deliberately treat someone unfairly or cruelly, often repeatedly, to upset or harm them

Examples

เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowบางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptกลั่นแกล้งglàn glâengกลั่นแกล้งglàn glâeng1[to] bully; pick on [sb]2[to] harass; victimize [sb]น้องใหม่nóng màiน้องใหม่nóng mài1newcomer; newbie2freshman; first-year student3new; newly joinedในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: rooms
Yesterday some classmates tried to bully the new student.
2VerbB2

[to] harass; victimize [sb]

to intentionally cause trouble or harm to someone without a just reason, including by abusing authority or rules

Examples

หัวหน้างานhŭua nâa ngaanหัวหน้างานhŭua nâa ngaansupervisor; line manager; foremanไม่ควรmâi kuuanไม่ควรmâi kuuan1should not; ought not2inappropriate; improperใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]กฎgòtกฎgòt1rule; regulation2law (scientific/natural); principleมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerบิดเบือนbìt beuuanบิดเบือนbìt beuuan1[to] distort; misrepresent2distorted; misrepresented (esp. information)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofกลั่นแกล้งglàn glâengกลั่นแกล้งglàn glâeng1[to] bully; pick on [sb]2[to] harass; victimize [sb]พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotคิดkítคิดkít1[to] think; consider2[to] calculate; figure out3[to] charge (a price)4[to] intend; planเห็นต่างhĕn dtàangเห็นต่างhĕn dtàang[to] disagree; [to] have a different opinion
Supervisors should not twist rules to harass employees who hold different opinions.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

กลั่นglànกลั่นglàn1[to] refine; purify2[to] distill (figurative); crystallize3[to] distill (separate by heating/cooling)Part 1
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แกล้งglâengแกล้งglâeng1[to] tease; pick on; bully; prank2[to] pretend; feign; act as if; fake3[to] do on purpose; deliberatelyPart 2
กลั่นแกล้งglàn glâengกลั่นแกล้งglàn glâeng[to] bully; pick on [sb]