ลั่นไก(lân gai)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] pull the trigger; [to] fire a gun

to pull the trigger of a gun, causing it to fire.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillหยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)ปืนbpeunปืนbpeun1gun; firearm2gun (as a type: water/BB/air gun)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearมาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!ลั่นไกlân gaiลั่นไกlân gai1[to] pull the trigger; [to] fire a gun2[to] trigger [sth] (fig.); [to] initiate [sth]
He picked up the gun and pulled the trigger.
2VerbB2

[to] trigger [sth] (fig.); [to] initiate [sth]

figuratively, to trigger an event or process; to decisively set something in motion.

Examples

คำพูดkam pôotคำพูดkam pôot1what someone says; remarks2one's word; promise3wording; phrasingของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsประธานบริษัทbprà-taan bo-rí-sàtประธานบริษัทbprà-taan bo-rí-sàt1company chairperson; chairman/chairwoman2company president (corporate title)เป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuanเป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuan1[to] be like; resemble [sb/sth]; be similar to [sb/sth]2[to] amount to; be tantamount to; be effectively equivalent to [sth]การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterลั่นไกlân gaiลั่นไกlân gai1[to] pull the trigger; [to] fire a gun2[to] trigger [sth] (fig.); [to] initiate [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; permitโปรเจกต์bproh-jèkโปรเจกต์bproh-jèk1project (work/assignment)2project (informal endeavor/side project)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เริ่มต้นrêrm dtônเริ่มต้นrêrm dtôn1[to] begin; start; commence2initial; at the start; introductory3beginning; start; outsetขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appear
The CEO's words were like pulling the trigger to start this project.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลั่นlânลั่นlân1[to] crack/bang loudly2to go off/trigger3booming; echoing4to say impulsively (slang)Part 1
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ไกgaiไกgai1trigger (mechanism)2trigger (of a gun)Part 2
ลั่นไกlân gaiลั่นไกlân gai[to] pull the trigger; [to] fire a gun