ยัน(yan)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] prop; brace; support

to hold something in place by pressing, propping, or wedging against it

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batยันyanยันyan1[to] insist; assert; affirm2[to] prop; brace; support3[to] ward off; fend off4until (colloquial)ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventเปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
He propped the door with a stick so it wouldn’t open by itself.
2VerbB2

[to] ward off; fend off

to push back, block, or keep something/someone from advancing

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerตั้งdtângตั้งdtâng1[to] set up; establish; found2[to] appoint; nominate3[to] put aside; save (money)4[to] aim; focus (eyes, mind)5classifier: sets; collections; installations6[to] set; fix (value, rule, goal)7[to] place upright; stand; erect8stack; pile; bundle9as much as; as many asโล่lôhโล่lôh1shield2plaque; shield-shaped trophy3protective screenยันyanยันyan1[to] insist; assert; affirm2[to] prop; brace; support3[to] ward off; fend off4until (colloquial)ฝูงชนfŏong chonฝูงชนfŏong chon1crowd; throng2the masses; the general publicไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventดันdanดันdan1[to] push [sth/sb]2[to] promote; propel [sb/sth] forward3to press/raise [prices, pressure, etc.]4happen to; end up (colloq. auxiliary)5move aside!; make way! (imperative)6darn; shoot (mild exclamation)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’ใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approachแนวรั้วnaeo rúaแนวรั้วnaeo rúafence line
The police used shields to push back the crowd from moving closer to the fence line.
3VerbB2

[to] insist; assert; affirm

to firmly state or maintain that something is true; to insist on a claim

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยันyanยันyan1[to] insist; assert; affirm2[to] prop; brace; support3[to] ward off; fend off4until (colloquial)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)โกงgohngโกงgohng1[to] cheat; swindle; rig2cheating; corrupt; rigged3cheat; fraudแม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleสงสัยsŏng săiสงสัยsŏng săi1[to] doubt; be uncertain2[to] suspect3doubt; suspicion4I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)มากมายmâak maaiมากมายmâak maai1many; numerous; abundant2a great deal; very much
He insists that he did not cheat, even though many people are suspicious.
4PrepositionB2

until (colloquial)

used colloquially to mark an endpoint in time or extent, similar to ‘until’ or ‘up to’ (e.g., ทำยันเช้า = work until morning; ยันว่า = even say/claim that)

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateยันyanยันyan1[to] insist; assert; affirm2[to] prop; brace; support3[to] ward off; fend off4until (colloquial)เช้าcháaoเช้าcháao1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morningเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingงานด่วนngaan dùuanงานด่วนngaan dùuanurgent work; rush jobมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Last night I worked until morning because the task was very urgent.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwrite
  • prop; brace; support
  • [to] prop; brace; support (from below)
  • [to] guarantee; act as surety; underwrite
ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even though
  • to; toward (recipient/goal)
  • even; so ... that; to the point that
  • as far as; concerning (formal)
  • to; until; up to
  • [to] arrive; reach
  • even if; even though
จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point of
  • poor
  • until; up to
  • so ... that; to the point of
ค้ำยันkám yanค้ำยันkám yan1[to] prop; brace; support2prop; brace; strut
  • [to] prop; brace; support
  • prop; brace; strut
ท้าวtáaoท้าวtáao1[to] brace; prop; rest (a limb) on2[to] stand akimbo; place hands on hips3royal/honorific title (archaic)
  • [to] brace; prop; rest (a limb) on
  • [to] stand akimbo; place hands on hips
  • royal/honorific title (archaic)