การตั้งท่า(gaan dtâng tâa)
Meanings
1NounB1
stance; guard; ready position
A stance or guard position adopted in preparation for action, especially in martial arts, sports, or combat.
Examples
นักมวยnák muuayนักมวยnák muuay1boxer; prizefighter2Muay Thai boxerคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâaการตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâa1stance; guard; ready position2assuming a posture; posing3poising to actที่ดีtêe deeที่ดีtêe deegood; suitable; desirableมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
That boxer has a very good stance.
2NounB1
assuming a posture; posing
The act of assuming or setting a posture or pose for performance, photography, or display.
Examples
ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)การตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâaการตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâa1stance; guard; ready position2assuming a posture; posing3poising to actให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitนักเต้นรำnák dtên ramนักเต้นรำnák dtên ramdancer (esp. ballroom/social)
The teacher teaches posing to the dancers.
3NounB2
poising to act
The act of bracing or readying oneself to do something (often implying being about to speak or act), as in ตั้งท่าจะ...
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นหน้าhĕn nâaเห็นหน้าhĕn nâa1[to] see [sb] (face to face); meet [sb] in person2[to] show one's face; be seen (often in the negative)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerตั้งท่าdtâng tâaตั้งท่าdtâng tâa1[to] get into a stance; [to] pose2[to] be about to do [sth]; [to] get ready to do [sth]จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ร้องไห้róng hâiร้องไห้róng hâi1[to] cry; weep2[to] sobทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as he saw his mom, he looked like he was about to cry.
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การตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâaการตั้งท่าgaan dtâng tâastance; guard; ready position