ลี่(lêe)
Meanings
1AdverbB2
hurriedly; directly
moving hurriedly or straight towards something without stopping
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseกลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be backเด็กน้อยdèk nôiเด็กน้อยdèk nôi1little child; little one2young/naive person (figurative)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerวิ่งwîngวิ่งwîng1[to] run2[to] run (operate; be in service)3[to] flow; course4[to] chase; pursueลี่lêeลี่lêe1hurriedly; directly2fish trap3[to] hideเข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as he saw his mother return, the little boy ran straight towards her immediately.
2NounC1
fish trap
a traditional bamboo trap used for catching fish in flowing water
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ลี่lêeลี่lêe1hurriedly; directly2fish trap3[to] hideดักdàkดักdàk1[to] intercept; cut off (someone’s path or message)2[to] head off; preempt [sb]/[sth] (colloquial)3[to] set a trap; ambush; lie in waitปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)แม่น้ำmâe námแม่น้ำmâe námriverช่วงchûuangช่วงchûuang1period; span (of time)2section; segment (part of something)3range; interval (between limits)4period; time (around now/then)5distance between supports6width span; armspan7span; breadth (across)ฤดูน้ำหลากréu-doo náam làakฤดูน้ำหลากréu-doo náam làakflood season
Villagers use a traditional bamboo trap to catch fish in the river during the flood season.
3VerbC2
[to] hide
to hide or conceal oneself (primarily used in Northern and Northeastern Thai dialects)
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)ซ่อนแอบsôn àepซ่อนแอบsôn àep1hide-and-seek (game)2[to] hide; [to] hide awayแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ลี่lêeลี่lêe1hurriedly; directly2fish trap3[to] hideอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)ต้นไม้ใหญ่dtôn máai yàiต้นไม้ใหญ่dtôn máai yàilarge/mature treeหลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)
The children like to play hide-and-seek and hide behind the big tree in the backyard.