สลาย

sà-laai

Meanings

1NounB2

[to] dissolve; disintegrate

to break apart into smaller parts or to become incorporated into a liquid; to dissolve or disintegrate.

Examples

เกลือgleuuaเกลือgleuua1salt (table salt)2salt (chemical class)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)สลายsà-laaiสลายsà-laai1[to] dissolve; disintegrate2[to] disperse; break up (a crowd)3[to] dissipate; fade (emotion/tension)4[to] decay; decompose; break downในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)น้ำอุ่นnáam ùnน้ำอุ่นnáam ùnwarm water; lukewarm waterได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)เร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fastกว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)น้ำเย็นnáam yenน้ำเย็นnáam yencold water; cool water
Salt dissolves in warm water faster than in cold water.
2NounB2

[to] disperse; break up (a crowd)

to cause or allow a group, crowd, or gathering to separate and go away; to disperse or break up.

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerขอให้kŏr hâiขอให้kŏr hâi1to request that; to ask that2May ...; I wish that ...ผู้ชุมนุมpôo chum-numผู้ชุมนุมpôo chum-num1assembly participant2protester; demonstratorสลายตัวsà-lăai dtuuaสลายตัวsà-lăai dtuua1[to] break down; decompose; disintegrate2[to] disperse; disband (of a group)3[to] undergo radioactive decay4[to] dissipate; die out (of a phenomenon)อย่างสงบyàang sà-ngòpอย่างสงบyàang sà-ngòppeacefully; calmlyหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เคอร์ฟิวker-fiuเคอร์ฟิวker-fiu1curfew (movement restriction)2curfew (home/parental rule)
The police asked the protesters to disperse peacefully after curfew hours.
3NounB2

[to] dissipate; fade (emotion/tension)

to gradually reduce and make something such as anger, grief, tension, or fear disappear; to dissipate or fade.

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)คุยกันkui ganคุยกันkui gan1[to] talk together; chat2[to] discuss; talk things through; negotiate3[to] be talking (romantically); be seeing each other (informal)ความโกรธkwaam gròhtความโกรธkwaam gròhtanger; wrathของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerค่อยๆkôi kôiค่อยๆkôi kôi1slowly; gently2gradually; little by littleสลายไปsà-lăai bpaiสลายไปsà-lăai bpai[to] dissolve; [to] disintegrate; [to] disperse
After we talked, her anger gradually faded away.
4NounB2

[to] decay; decompose; break down

to break down into simpler parts through natural or chemical processes, especially of organic matter; to decay or decompose.

Examples

เศษใบไม้sèt bai máaiเศษใบไม้sèt bai máaileaf litter; fallen leavesที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotกองgongกองgong1to pile (up); heap; stack2pile; heap; stack3division; department; regiment4classifier: piles; heaps; groups; military units; filmsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveหลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)ค่อยๆkôi kôiค่อยๆkôi kôi1slowly; gently2gradually; little by littleสลายsà-laaiสลายsà-laai1[to] dissolve; disintegrate2[to] disperse; break up (a crowd)3[to] dissipate; fade (emotion/tension)4[to] decay; decompose; break downกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]ดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoธาตุอาหารtâat aa-hăanธาตุอาหารtâat aa-hăannutrient
The pile of leaves behind the house gradually decomposes into nutrient-rich soil.

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