บ่วง(bùuang)

Meanings

1NounB2

noose; snare; slipknot loop

a loop of rope, cord, or wire that tightens when pulled, used to catch or restrain, such as a noose or animal snare

Examples

นายพรานnaai praanนายพรานnaai praanhunterวางwaangวางwaang1[to] let go of; relinquish (attachment/prejudice)2[to] set; assign; impose3[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)4[to] put; place; set (down)5[to] hang up (the phone); end a call6[to] lay (eggs)บ่วงbùuangบ่วงbùuang1noose; snare; slipknot loop2trap; bondage; entanglement (figurative)ดักdàkดักdàk1[to] head off; preempt [sb]/[sth] (colloquial)2[to] intercept; cut off (someone’s path or message)3[to] set a trap; ambush; lie in waitกระต่ายgrà-dtàaiกระต่ายgrà-dtàai1hare2rabbit3female pubic area (slang, vulgar)4Rabbit (Chinese zodiac)ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1wild; undomesticated; uncultivated2forest; woodland3the wild; wildernessไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2for later; in reserve3marks retention or maintenance of a state4[to] leave (something) as is5[to] set aside; reserve6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)พงหญ้าpong yâaพงหญ้าpong yâaclump/thicket of grass
The hunter set a snare to catch a wild rabbit in the bush.
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เขาkăoใช้cháiเชือกchûueakทำเป็นtam bpenบ่วงbùuangเพื่อpêuuaคล้องklóngวัวwuuaเข้ากับkâo gàpเสาsăo
He made a loop with the rope to tie the cow to a post.
เจ้าหน้าที่อุทยานjâo-nâa-têe ùt-tá-yaanพบpópซากsâakเก้งgâengติดอยู่dtìt yòoในnaiบ่วงสลิงbùuang sà-lingที่têeพรานลักลอบpraan lák-lôpวางไว้waang wái
Park officials found the carcass of a barking deer caught in a wire snare illegally set by poachers.
ในnaiสมัยโบราณsà-măi boh-raanการลงgaan longโทษประหารชีวิตtôht bprà-haan chee-wítบางครั้งbaang krángก็gâwใช้cháiวิธีwí-teeแขวนคอkwăen koด้วยdûuayบ่วงbùuang
In ancient times, capital punishment was sometimes carried out by hanging with a noose.
2NounB2

trap; bondage; entanglement (figurative)

a figurative binding or inescapable hold, such as obligations, passions, or karma that ensnare someone

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1they; them (context-dependent)2she; her3mountain; hill4horn5he; himติดอยู่dtìt yòoติดอยู่dtìt yòo1[to] be stuck; trapped; unable to get free2[to] be attached; adhered; stuck on3[to] be held up; tied up; unable to leave4[to] remain; linger (smell/feeling/problem)5[to] be fixated on; hung up onในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)บ่วงbùuangบ่วงbùuang1noose; snare; slipknot loop2trap; bondage; entanglement (figurative)หนี้สินnêe sĭnหนี้สินnêe sĭn1debt; liabilities2liabilities (accounting)จนjonจนjon1until; up to2so ... that; to the point of3poorหาhăaหาhăa1[to] seek out; contact2[to] earn (money); make a living3[to] visit; go see4[to] look for; search for5[to] find (after searching)6[to] get; procureทางออกtaang òkทางออกtaang òk1solution; way out2exitไม่เจอmâi jerไม่เจอmâi jer[to] not find [sth/sb]
He is trapped in a snare of debt and can't find a way out.
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ความรักkwaam rákอาจàatเป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuanบ่วงbùuangที่têeผูกมัดpòok mátคนkonสองsŏngคนkonไว้wáiด้วยกันdûuai gan
Love can be like a bond that ties two people together.
หลายคนlăai konพยายามpà-yaa-yaamดิ้นรนdîn ronให้hâiหลุดพ้นlùt pónจากjàakบ่วงbùuangแห่งhàengความยากจนkwaam yâak jon
Many people struggle to escape from the trap of poverty.
การตัดสินใจgaan dtàt-sĭn jaiผิดพลาดpìt plâatเพียงpiiangครั้งเดียวkráng diiaoกลายเป็นglaai bpenบ่วงbùuangที่têeผูกมัดpòok mátชีวิตchee-wítเขาkăoมาตลอดmaa dtà-lòt
A single wrong decision became a fetter that has bound his life ever since.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

บ่bòบ่bò1yes–no question particle (Isan/Northern)2not; no (Isan/Northern particle)Part 1
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วงwongวงwong1classifier: sets (musical groups, rings)2group; circle (of people)3circle; ring4band; musical groupPart 2
บ่วงbùuangบ่วงbùuangnoose; snare; slipknot loop