ย้าย(yáai)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] move; relocate

to change position or place; to relocate someone or something

Examples

ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]ย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseเก้าอี้gâo îเก้าอี้gâo îchairไปไว้bpai wáiไปไว้bpai wái[to] put [sth] somewhere; [to] place [sth]ตรงหน้าdtrong nâaตรงหน้าdtrong nâa1right in front; right before one's eyes2in front of [sb/sth]ต่างdtàangต่างdtàang1different; distinct2various; diverse3foreign; from another place4each; respectively5to differ; be different6in place of; as a substitute forหน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)
Please move the chair to the window.
2VerbA2

[to] move house

to change one’s residence

Examples

ปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ย้ายบ้านyáai bâanย้ายบ้านyáai bâan[to] move house; move homeไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approachพ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparents
This year I will move house to live closer to my parents.
3VerbB1

[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)

to change to a different position, workplace, school, or unit

Examples

พี่สาวpêe săaoพี่สาวpêe săaoolder sister; elder female siblingจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseโรงเรียนrong rianโรงเรียนrong rian1school (institution)2school (building)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ใกล้บ้านglâi bâanใกล้บ้านglâi bâannear (one's) home; nearby homeมากขึ้นmâak kêunมากขึ้นmâak kêun1more; increasingly2greater; more (than before)
My sister will transfer to a school closer to home.

Related Words

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โยกย้ายyôhk yáaiโยกย้ายyôhk yáai1[to] transfer; reassign; relocate2[to] sway; rock
  • [to] transfer; reassign; relocate
  • [to] sway; rock
เคลื่อนย้ายklêuuan yáaiเคลื่อนย้ายklêuuan yáai1[to] move; relocate [sb/sth]2[to] evacuate; transfer (official/large-scale)
  • [to] move; relocate [sb/sth]
  • [to] evacuate; transfer (official/large-scale)
เปลี่ยนที่bplìian têeเปลี่ยนที่bplìian têe[to] change places; [to] move [sb] or [sth]; [to] relocate

[to] change places; [to] move [sb] or [sth]; [to] relocate

ขนkŏnขนkŏn1hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)2goosebumps; hair standing on end3[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)4classifier: strands of hair/fur
  • hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)
  • goosebumps; hair standing on end
  • [to] transport; haul; carry (goods)
  • classifier: strands of hair/fur
โยกyôhkโยกyôhk1[to] shake; rock; sway2[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate3[to] loosen; wobble; make unstable
  • [to] shake; rock; sway
  • [to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate
  • [to] loosen; wobble; make unstable