การเกี้ยว(gaan gîiao)

Meanings

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courtship

The act of courting, wooing, or trying to win someone's romantic affection.

Examples

การเกี้ยวพาราสีgaan gîao paa-raa-sĕeการเกี้ยวพาราสีgaan gîao paa-raa-sĕe1courtship; wooing; flirtation2courtship behavior (animals); mating displayในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการส่งgaan sòngการส่งgaan sòng1sending; dispatch2delivery; shipping3transmission; broadcasting (signals/data)4submission; filing5pass (sports)เพลงplayngเพลงplayng1song; musical piece2classifier: songs/piecesยาวyaaoยาวyaao1long (length)2long (duration)3[to] lengthen; grow longหรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)ดอกไม้dòk máaiดอกไม้dòk máaiflower; flowersให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmark
Courting in the old days often involved sending long poems or flowers to each other.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterPart 1
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เกี้ยวgîaoเกี้ยวgîao1[to] court; woo; flirt (with sb)2topknot ring; hair ornament (hist.)Part 2
การเกี้ยวgaan gîiaoการเกี้ยวgaan gîiaocourtship