ย้อนทาง(yón taang)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] go back along a route; [to] go the opposite way
to go back along a route or move in the opposite direction, especially against the normal direction of travel
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offขับรถkàp rótขับรถkàp rót[to] drive (a motor vehicle)ย้อนทางyón taangย้อนทางyón taang1[to] go back along a route; [to] go the opposite way2in the opposite direction; backwardsนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis
Don't drive against traffic, the police will catch you.
2AdverbB1
in the opposite direction; backwards
moving or facing in the reverse or opposite direction
Examples
ลมlomลมlom1wind2breeze; draft3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)5gas; flatulenceพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansย้อนทางyón taangย้อนทางyón taang1[to] go back along a route; [to] go the opposite way2in the opposite direction; backwardsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ควันkwanควันkwan1smoke; fumes2steam; vapor (loose/colloquial)3exhaust fumes; emissionsพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansกลับเข้ามาglàp kâo maaกลับเข้ามาglàp kâo maa1[to] come back in; [to] re-enter2[to] return (to a role/state)ในบ้านnai bâanในบ้านnai bâan1indoors; inside the house2domestic; at-home (modifier)
The wind blew in the opposite direction, making the smoke blow back into the house.
Word Breakdown
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ย้อนทางyón taangย้อนทางyón taang[to] go back along a route; [to] go the opposite way