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luuang

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] deceive; trick

to mislead someone into believing something false; to trick or cheat

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillลวงluuangลวงluuang1deceptive; misleading2[to] deceive; trick3decoy; ruse; feintเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ตั๋วdtŭuaตั๋วdtŭua1ticket; pass2certificate; voucher3promissory note; draft4ticket (classifier; CLF)5banknote; billฟรีfreeฟรีfree1free (no cost)2for free; without paying3free; unrestricted; loose4gratis; complimentaryทั้งที่táng têeทั้งที่táng têe1although; even though2despite; in spite ofจริงjingจริงjing1really; truly; indeed2truth; reality (rare as noun)3true; real; genuine4[!] intensifier particle (final)ไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stock
He tricked his friend by saying he had free tickets, when he actually didn’t.
2NounB2

deceptive; misleading

intended to mislead or create a false impression

Examples

โฆษณาkôh-sà-naaโฆษณาkôh-sà-naa1advertisement; ad2[to] advertise; publicize; promoteนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeหรูหราrŏo-răaหรูหราrŏo-răa1luxurious; upscale2elegant; classyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)แฝงfăengแฝงfăeng1[to] be concealed; be hidden; be embedded2hidden; implicit; latent; underlying3[to] imply; carry implicitly; contain implicitlyกลวิธีgon wí-teeกลวิธีgon wí-tee1method; technique2tactic; stratagemลวงluuangลวงluuang1deceptive; misleading2[to] deceive; trick3decoy; ruse; feintให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleคิดว่าkít wâaคิดว่าkít wâa1to think (that); be of the opinion (that)2to suppose/assume/guess (that)3[to] consider/regard (as)สินค้าsĭn-káaสินค้าsĭn-káa1goods; merchandise2product; item3commodity (economics)ดีกว่าdee gwàaดีกว่าdee gwàa1better; preferable (comparative of 'ดี')2had better; would rather (suggestion/decision)ความจริงkwaam jingความจริงkwaam jing1truth; fact2actually; in fact; to tell the truth
That advertisement looks luxurious but contains deceptive tactics to make people think the product is better than it really is.
3NounC1

decoy; ruse; feint

a false action or thing used to mislead or draw attention away from the real target

Examples

ขโมยkà-mŏoyขโมยkà-mŏoy1[to] steal2thiefขว้างkwâangขว้างkwâang[to] throw; hurl; castกระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsเปล่าbplàoเปล่าbplào1empty; blank; bare2in vain; for nothing3no; not; nothingเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsลวงluuangลวงluuang1deceptive; misleading2[to] deceive; trick3decoy; ruse; feintให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitยามyaamยามyaam1time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)2guard; watchman3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)วิ่งตามwîng dtaamวิ่งตามwîng dtaam1[to] run after; chase2[to] chase; pursue (goals/trends/attention)3[to] chase after (romantically); fawn overแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)หนีไปnĕe bpaiหนีไปnĕe bpai[to] flee; run away; escape (away)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)ด้านdâanด้านdâan1side; face (surface)2field; area; aspect3toward; on the side of4classifier: sides/faces/aspects
The thief threw an empty bag as a decoy to make the guard chase it, then escaped the other way.

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