ย้อ(yó)

Meanings

1VerbC1

[to] hem; turn up (fabric)

to fold and sew the edge of fabric to make a hem; to turn up a garment edge

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseสอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ย้อyóย้อyó1[to] hem; turn up (fabric)2[to] tease; mock (playfully)ชายกระโปรงchaai grà-bprohngชายกระโปรงchaai grà-bprohng1hem; lower edge of a skirt2figurative: female protection/influenceเพื่อไม่ให้pêuua mâi hâiเพื่อไม่ให้pêuua mâi hâiso that not; in order not to; to prevent [sth]รุ่ยrûiรุ่ยrûi1frayed; ragged (edge)2[to] fray; unravel (at the edge)3shredded; stringy (food/material)
Mom taught me to hem the skirt so it won’t fray.
2VerbC1

[to] tease; mock (playfully)

to tease or make fun of someone in a light or slightly sarcastic manner

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ย้อyóย้อyó1[to] hem; turn up (fabric)2[to] tease; mock (playfully)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เวลาออกway-laa òkเวลาออกway-laa òkdeparture timeเสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneผิดpìtผิดpìt1wrong; incorrect2illegal; against the law3improper; inappropriate4miss-; wrongly (prefix/adverbial use)5be wrong; make a mistakeแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleขำๆkăm kămขำๆkăm kăm1just for fun; not seriously2amusing; a bit funnyไม่ได้mâi 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)ตั้งใจdtâng jaiตั้งใจdtâng jai1[to] intend; mean to2[to] be determined; resolve3[to] pay close attention; concentrate4intentionally; on purposeให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเสียใจsĭia jaiเสียใจsĭia jai1[to] be sad; feel sorry2[to] regret3my condolences
He likes to tease me when I mispronounce words, but it's lighthearted and not meant to hurt.

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