ย่ำอยู่กับที่(yâm yòo gàp têe)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] be stuck; make no progress

to make no progress; to stay in the same state without improvement.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâaรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâa1[to] feel that; think that; have the impression that2it seems (to me) that...; I feel that...ภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìtภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìt1the English language2English (school subject)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têeย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têe1[to] be stuck; make no progress2[to] march in placeไม่ดีmâi deeไม่ดีmâi dee1not good; bad; poor (quality/condition)2improper; immoral3not well; unwell; not okay4badly; poorly5[!] Not good!ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
I feel like my English is making no progress; it's not getting any better.
2VerbB1

[to] march in place

to march on the spot without moving forward.

Examples

ทหารtá-hăanทหารtá-hăan1soldier; service member2the military; armed forces3military (as modifier)ฝึกfèukฝึกfèuk1[to] practice; train (oneself); exercise (a skill)2[to] train; coach (someone)3[to] drill; discipline (sb)ย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têeย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têe1[to] be stuck; make no progress2[to] march in placeในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สนามsà-năamสนามsà-năam1field; court; pitch; ground2yard; open ground3area; sphere (of activity)4field (physics)
The soldiers are practicing marching on the spot in the field.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ย่ำต๊อกyâm dtókย่ำต๊อกyâm dtók[to] be stagnant; [to] be at a standstill

[to] be stagnant; [to] be at a standstill

วนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àangวนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àang[to] go in circles; [to] be stuck

[to] go in circles; [to] be stuck

วนอยู่won yòoวนอยู่won yòo1[to] loop; keep circling2[to] be stuck in a repetitive cycle (mentally or in action)
  • [to] loop; keep circling
  • [to] be stuck in a repetitive cycle (mentally or in action)
วิ่งเวียนวนwîng wiian wonวิ่งเวียนวนwîng wiian won1[to] go round and round; move about repeatedly2[to] go round in circles (figurative); be stuck in a loop
  • [to] go round and round; move about repeatedly
  • [to] go round in circles (figurative); be stuck in a loop

Word Breakdown

ย่ำyâmย่ำyâm1[to] tread; trample; stamp2[to] leave tracks/prints by stepping3[to] harp on; go over the same ground4around dusk/night (in set phrases)5[to] visit briefly at night (dial./lit.)Part 1
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อยู่กับที่yòo gàp têeอยู่กับที่yòo gàp têe1[to] stay put; remain in place2stationary; motionless3[to] remain unchanged; stagnatePart 2
ย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têeย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têe[to] be stuck; make no progress