พูดเลี่ยง(pôot lîang)
Meanings
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[to] speak evasively
to speak in an indirect or evasive way to avoid a topic; to beat around the bush.
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offพูดเลี่ยงpôot lîangพูดเลี่ยงpôot lîang[to] speak evasivelyสิsìสิsì1[!] emphatic particle (statement)2[!] urging/encouraging particle (imperative)3[!] reassuring/affirming particleบอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerตรงๆdtrong dtrongตรงๆdtrong dtrong1straight; directly2frankly; bluntly3straightforward; frank
Don't beat around the bush. Tell me directly.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
พูดอ้อมpôot ômพูดอ้อมpôot ôm[to] beat around the bush; [to] speak indirectly
[to] beat around the bush; [to] speak indirectly
พูดอ้อมค้อมpôot ôm kómพูดอ้อมค้อมpôot ôm kóm1[to] speak indirectly; be roundabout2[to] be evasive; beat around the bush
- [to] speak indirectly; be roundabout
- [to] be evasive; beat around the bush
Word Breakdown
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พูดเลี่ยงpôot lîangพูดเลี่ยงpôot lîang[to] speak evasively