ดั่งว่า(dàng wâa)
Meanings
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as if; as though
Used to describe how a situation seems or appears, often introducing a comparison to something that is not real; as if.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillนั่งนิ่งnâng nîngนั่งนิ่งnâng nîng[to] sit stillไม่ไหวติงmâi wăi dtingไม่ไหวติงmâi wăi dting1motionless; still2unmoved; unshaken (figurative)ดั่งว่าdàng wâaดั่งว่าdàng wâaas if; as thoughกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofตกอยู่dtòk yòoตกอยู่dtòk yòo1[to] find oneself in; end up in (a state/situation)2[to] be under the power/control/influence of [sb]/[sth]3[to] be in the possession/custody of [sb]/[sth]ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ภวังค์pá-wangภวังค์pá-wang1trance; absorbed state; reverie2bhavaṅga (mind’s resting state)
He sat completely still, as if he were in a trance.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เหมือนกับว่าmĕuuan gàp wâaเหมือนกับว่าmĕuuan gàp wâa1as if; as though2it’s like…; seems like… (hedging/approximation)
- as if; as though
- it’s like…; seems like… (hedging/approximation)
ราวกับว่าraao gàp wâaราวกับว่าraao gàp wâaas if; as though
as if; as though
ปานว่าbpaan wâaปานว่าbpaan wâaas if; as though (formal)
as if; as though (formal)
ราวกับraao gàpราวกับraao gàp1as if; as though2like; akin to
- as if; as though
- like; akin to
ประหนึ่งว่าbprà-nèung wâaประหนึ่งว่าbprà-nèung wâaas if; as though
as if; as though
Word Breakdown
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ดั่งว่าdàng wâaดั่งว่าdàng wâaas if; as though