ลอยเคว้ง

loi kwéng

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] drift helplessly; [to] float aimlessly

To float or drift without support or direction, often as if suspended in midair or adrift in a void; also used figuratively for being without help or purpose.

Examples

ลูกโป่งlôok bpòhngลูกโป่งlôok bpòhngballoonหลุดlùtหลุดlùt1[to] come off; come loose2[to] slip out; leak3[to] escape; get free4off-target; out of bounds; out of placeจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)มือmeuuมือmeuu1hand2skill; level; expertise3round; turn (card games)4doer; agent5classifier: pairs of handsเด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ลอยเคว้งloi kwéngลอยเคว้งloi kwéng1[to] drift helplessly; [to] float aimlessly2adrift; unsupported; aimlessขึ้นไปkêun bpaiขึ้นไปkêun bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavens
The balloon slipped from the child's hand and drifted aimlessly up into the sky.
2AdjectiveB2

adrift; unsupported; aimless

Describing someone or something that lacks support, control, or direction, as if floating without anchor (literal or figurative).

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเรียนจบriian jòpเรียนจบriian jòp[to] graduate; complete one's studiesใหม่ๆmài màiใหม่ๆmài mài1recently; just; newly2very new; brand-new3fresh; just-made/just-picked4at first; initiallyก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâaรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâa1[to] feel that; think that; have the impression that2it seems (to me) that...; I feel that...อนาคตà-naa-kótอนาคตà-naa-kót1future (time to come)2prospectsมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)ลอยเคว้งloi kwéngลอยเคว้งloi kwéng1[to] drift helplessly; [to] float aimlessly2adrift; unsupported; aimlessจับต้นชนปลายjàp dtôn chon bplaaiจับต้นชนปลายjàp dtôn chon bplaai[to] make sense of [sth]; [to] piece [sth] togetherไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)
Right after graduating, I felt that my future was aimless and I didn't know where to start.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)Part 1
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เคว้งkwéngเคว้งkwéngadrift; lost; aimlessPart 2
ลอยเคว้งloi kwéngลอยเคว้งloi kwéng[to] drift helplessly; [to] float aimlessly