สองแง่(sŏng ngâe)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
double-edged; ambiguous; equivocal
Having two possible meanings or outcomes; open to more than one interpretation; double-edged. Example: คำพูดสองแง่สองง่าม
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)พูดจาpôot jaaพูดจาpôot jaa1[to] speak; talk (how one speaks)2speech; way of speakingติดตลกdtìt dtà-lòkติดตลกdtìt dtà-lòk1joking; humorous; facetious2to joke around; to make light ofสองแง่สองง่ามsŏng ngâe sŏng ngâamสองแง่สองง่ามsŏng ngâe sŏng ngâam1ambiguous; equivocal (wording)2suggestive; risqué double entendreจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowผู้หญิงpôo yĭngผู้หญิงpôo yĭng1woman; adult female (person)2women's; female (as modifier)ไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forคุยด้วยkui dûuaiคุยด้วยkui dûuai[to] talk with [sb]
He likes to make suggestive jokes, so his female friends don't really want to talk to him.
2AdjectiveB2
two-sided; equivocal
Having two sides or two differing viewpoints; suggesting ambiguity or contradiction.
Examples
การย้ายไปอยู่gaan yáai bpai yòoการย้ายไปอยู่gaan yáai bpai yòorelocation; moving houseต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1provincial; out-of-town2upcountry; outside the capitalก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoสองแง่sŏng ngâeสองแง่sŏng ngâe1double-edged; ambiguous; equivocal2two-sided; equivocalคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainใกล้ชิดglâi chítใกล้ชิดglâi chít1close; intimate (relationship)2close (physical proximity/contact)3[to] be close to; keep close contact withธรรมชาติtam-má-châatธรรมชาติtam-má-châat1nature; the natural world2natural; inherent (attrib.)3character; dispositionแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)อาจจะไม่àat jà mâiอาจจะไม่àat jà mâimaybe not; might notสะดวกสบายsà-dùuak sà-baaiสะดวกสบายsà-dùuak sà-baaicomfortable; convenientเท่าtâoเท่าtâo1equal; the same amount2as … as; equal to3times; multiplier; fold4how much/many; how (degree/quantity)5only this/that much; merely (extent)ในเมืองnai meuuangในเมืองnai meuuang1in the city; downtown2urban; city
Moving to the province has two sides: you get to be close to nature, but it might not be as convenient as in the city.
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สองแง่sŏng ngâeสองแง่sŏng ngâedouble-edged; ambiguous; equivocal