สำนวน
săm-nuuan
Meanings
1NounB1
idiom; set expression
a fixed expression whose overall meaning is not the literal sum of its parts
Examples
ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)บอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatนี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectสำนวนsăm-nuuanสำนวนsăm-nuuan1wording; phrasing; turn of phrase2style; manner of expression3idiom; set expressionไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)แปลbplaaeแปลbplaae1[to] translate2[to] interpret; explain meaning3strange; oddตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2direct; straightforward; frank3[to] be straight; align4directly; straight (direction/path)5exact; matching; correspondingตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)คำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesทีละtee láทีละtee láone at a time; each; perคำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterances
The teacher said this is an idiom; it’s not translated word for word.
2NounB2
style; manner of expression
a characteristic way of speaking or writing; stylistic manner of expression
Examples
นักเขียนnák kĭianนักเขียนnák kĭianwriter; authorคนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoสำนวนsăm-nuuanสำนวนsăm-nuuan1wording; phrasing; turn of phrase2style; manner of expression3idiom; set expressionเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâaiเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâai1simple; plain2modest; unpretentious3minimalistอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เข้าใจkâo jaiเข้าใจkâo jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to be] understanding (of [sb])3[to] assume; take sth to be trueทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
This writer has a simple style; you understand it right away.
3NounB2
wording; phrasing; turn of phrase
a particular way something is worded or phrased; a version of how something is said
Examples
ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)บอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]เปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)สำนวนsăm-nuuanสำนวนsăm-nuuan1wording; phrasing; turn of phrase2style; manner of expression3idiom; set expressionประโยคprà-yôhkประโยคprà-yôhk1sentence (grammar)2statement/line (utterance)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)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; permitสุภาพsù-pâapสุภาพsù-pâap1gentle; mild (manner/speech)2formal; refined (register)3polite; courteousขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/betterหน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)
The teacher told us to change the phrasing of this sentence to be more polite.
Related Words
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วลีwá-leeวลีwá-lee1phrase (grammar)2set phrase; fixed expression
- phrase (grammar)
- set phrase; fixed expression
ถ้อยคำtôi kamถ้อยคำtôi kam1wording; phrasing2utterance; statement3terms; stipulations (formal)
- wording; phrasing
- utterance; statement
- terms; stipulations (formal)
ลีลาlee-laaลีลาlee-laa1style; manner2graceful movement; rhythm3air; affectation
- style; manner
- graceful movement; rhythm
- air; affectation
เอ็กซ์เพรสชันék-prét-chanเอ็กซ์เพรสชันék-prét-chan1expression (facial)2expression (word/phrase)3expression (math/computing)
- expression (facial)
- expression (word/phrase)
- expression (math/computing)
โวหารwoh-hăanโวหารwoh-hăan1rhetoric; style of expression2rhetorical modes (Thai types)3flowery/ornate language
- rhetoric; style of expression
- rhetorical modes (Thai types)
- flowery/ornate language