ทะลึ่ง
tá-lêung
Meanings
1NounB1
lewd; cheeky; improper
indecent, suggestive, or cheekily improper in speech or behavior (often playful but can be rude)
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutเรื่องตลกrêuuang dtà-lòkเรื่องตลกrêuuang dtà-lòk1joke; funny story2humorous incident3farce; not to be taken seriously (fig.)ทะลึ่งtá-lêungทะลึ่งtá-lêung1lewd; cheeky; improper2[to] act lewdly; be cheeky/forward3[to] spring/pop up; spike (suddenly)4suddenly; abruptly5[!] That's lewd/cheeky!กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)
He likes to tell suggestive jokes to his friends.
2NounB1
[to] act lewdly; be cheeky/forward
to behave in an indecent, suggestive, overly forward, or presumptuous way; to overstep propriety
Examples
เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ทะลึ่งtá-lêungทะลึ่งtá-lêung1lewd; cheeky; improper2[to] act lewdly; be cheeky/forward3[to] spring/pop up; spike (suddenly)4suddenly; abruptly5[!] That's lewd/cheeky!มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ไหว้wâiไหว้wâi1[to] wai; pay respect with palms together2wai (gesture)ผู้ใหญ่pôo yàiผู้ใหญ่pôo yài1adult; grown-up2elder; respected senior3authority; person in charge4senior; adult (modifier)5adult (modifier)
That child is very presumptuous; he refuses to greet elders with a 'wai'.
3NounB1
[!] That's lewd/cheeky!
used to scold or call out someone for being lewd, cheeky, or improper
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทะลึ่งtá-lêungทะลึ่งtá-lêung1lewd; cheeky; improper2[to] act lewdly; be cheeky/forward3[to] spring/pop up; spike (suddenly)4suddenly; abruptly5[!] That's lewd/cheeky!นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Don't be lewd!
4NounB2
[to] spring/pop up; spike (suddenly)
to rise, stand, or pop up suddenly and abruptly; also figurative: for prices, numbers, or metrics to spike suddenly (e.g., ทะลึ่งลุกขึ้น ‘to spring to one’s feet’)
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneนาฬิกาปลุกnaa-lí-gaa bplùkนาฬิกาปลุกnaa-lí-gaa bplùkalarm clockเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทะลึ่งลุกtá-lêung lúkขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/betterจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)เตียงdtiangเตียงdtiang1bed (furniture)2hospital bed/capacity3CLF: beds; bed-like platformsทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as he heard the alarm clock, he abruptly sprang up from the bed.
5NounB2
suddenly; abruptly
in a sudden or abrupt manner, as if popping up unexpectedly (often modifying verbs of motion or appearance)
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofเดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)อยู่ดีๆyòo dee deeอยู่ดีๆyòo dee deesuddenly; out of the blue; for no apparent reasonเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทะลึ่งtá-lêungทะลึ่งtá-lêung1lewd; cheeky; improper2[to] act lewdly; be cheeky/forward3[to] spring/pop up; spike (suddenly)4suddenly; abruptly5[!] That's lewd/cheeky!โผล่plòhโผล่plòh[to] emerge; appear; stick out; pop upมาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toไหนnăiไหนnăi1which (asking to choose)2which one; which person/thing3where (question)4ever; any (indefinite)ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.
I was just walking along, and then he abruptly appeared out of nowhere.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ทะเล้นtá-lénทะเล้นtá-lén1cheeky; impish; playfully naughty2[to] act cheeky/playfully naughty
- cheeky; impish; playfully naughty
- [to] act cheeky/playfully naughty
สองแง่สองง่ามsŏng ngâe sŏng ngâamสองแง่สองง่ามsŏng ngâe sŏng ngâam1ambiguous; equivocal (wording)2suggestive; risqué double entendre
- ambiguous; equivocal (wording)
- suggestive; risqué double entendre
พรวดพราดprûuat prâatพรวดพราดprûuat prâat1suddenly; abruptly; in a rush; rashly2[to] rush/dash out; gush forth
- suddenly; abruptly; in a rush; rashly
- [to] rush/dash out; gush forth
สัปดนsàp-bpà-donสัปดนsàp-bpà-don1lewd; obscene; vulgar2a lewd/dirty-minded person
- lewd; obscene; vulgar
- a lewd/dirty-minded person
ลามปามlaam bpaamลามปามlaam bpaamrude; impertinent; overstepping boundaries
rude; impertinent; overstepping boundaries