ครึ่งๆ กลางๆ(krêung krêung glaang glaang)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

halfway; incompletely

done halfway, incompletely, or without full commitment; unfinished.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offทำงานบ้านtam ngaan bâanทำงานบ้านtam ngaan bâan[to] do housework; do household choresแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleครึ่งkrêungครึ่งkrêung1half (50%)2half (modifier)ๆ-กลางๆglaang glaangกลางๆglaang glaang1average; so-so; mediocre2moderately; fairly3roughly in the middleนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]เสร็จsètเสร็จsèt1finished; done2[to] finish; be done3ready; all set4done for; screwed (slang)ไปเลยbpai loieไปเลยbpai loie1[!] Go ahead; go right now2completely; all the way; way too (post‑verb/adj intensifier)3go straight on; go past; continue on (directions)
Don't do your housework halfway, finish it completely.
2AdjectiveB1

so-so; mediocre; neither good nor bad

describes quality that is average or unimpressive; not fully good or fully bad.

Examples

รสชาติอาหารrót-sà-châat aa-hăanรสชาติอาหารrót-sà-châat aa-hăan1taste/flavor of food2seasoning profileร้านนี้ráan néeร้านนี้ráan néethis shop; this storeมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingครึ่งkrêungครึ่งkrêung1half (50%)2half (modifier)ๆ-กลางๆglaang glaangกลางๆglaang glaang1average; so-so; mediocre2moderately; fairly3roughly in the middleไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)อร่อยà-ròiอร่อยà-ròi1delicious; tasty2taste goodมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพอกินpo ginพอกินpo gin1enough to get by2make ends meetได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
The food at this restaurant is so-so; it's not very delicious, but it's edible.

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