ทางสายกลาง(taang săai glaang)

Meanings

1NounB2

middle course; moderation; middle ground

a balanced approach that avoids extremes

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterเลี้ยงลูกlíiang lôokเลี้ยงลูกlíiang lôok[to] raise a childฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)พยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ทางสายกลางtaang săai glaangทางสายกลางtaang săai glaang1middle course; moderation; middle ground2the Middle Way (Buddhism)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectไม่เข้มงวดmài kêm ngûuatไม่เข้มงวดmài kêm ngûuatlenient; not strictหรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)ตามใจdtaam jaiตามใจdtaam jai1[to] indulge; pamper; let [sb] have their way2[to] suit oneself; do as one pleases3as you wish; up to youจนเกินไปjon gern bpaiจนเกินไปjon gern bpaitoo; excessively
When raising my child, I try to take a balanced approach, meaning not being too strict or too lenient.
2NounC1

the Middle Way (Buddhism)

the Buddhist path of moderation avoiding both self-indulgence and self-mortification

Examples

พระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâoพระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâothe Buddha; the Enlightened Oneทรงsongทรงsong1shape; form2style; look (e.g., hairstyle)3[royal] to have; possess4[royal] to be; to do5[royal] honorific prefix; royal auxiliaryสอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1give us; give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usดำเนินชีวิตdam-nern chee-wítดำเนินชีวิตdam-nern chee-wít[to] lead/live one’s lifeตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)ทางสายกลางtaang săai glaangทางสายกลางtaang săai glaang1middle course; moderation; middle ground2the Middle Way (Buddhism)
The Buddha taught us to live our lives following the Middle Path.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathPart 1
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สายกลางsăai glaangสายกลางsăai glaangmiddle path; moderationPart 2
ทางสายกลางtaang săai glaangทางสายกลางtaang săai glaangmiddle course; moderation; middle ground