หลีกเลี่ยง(lèek lîang)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] avoid; evade; steer clear of

to keep away from something or someone, or to try to prevent something from happening

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)หลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîangหลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîang1[to] avoid; evade; steer clear of2[to] circumvent; sidestepถนนtà-nŏnถนนtà-nŏnroad; streetเส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like thingsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ตอนเย็นdton yenตอนเย็นdton yen1evening; early evening2in the eveningเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingรถติดrót dtìtรถติดrót dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
I avoid this road in the evening because the traffic is very heavy.
2VerbB2

[to] circumvent; sidestep

to get around a rule, duty, or difficulty without confronting it directly

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptหลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîangหลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîang1[to] avoid; evade; steer clear of2[to] circumvent; sidestepการทำgaan tamการทำgaan tamthe act of doing/making; execution; performanceรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterอ้างว่าâang wâaอ้างว่าâang wâa[to] claim thatงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsคอมkomคอมkom1computer (informal)2neck (colloquial; regional)เสียsĭiaเสียsĭia1broken; out of order2[to] pay3late; deceased4polite intensifier (after verbs/adjectives)5sadly; unfortunately (final particle)6[to] lose; forfeit; waste7spoiled; ruined; gone bad
He tried to get around doing the report by claiming the computer was broken.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

หลบlòpหลบlòp1[to] dodge; avoid2[to] hide; take cover3[to] evade; elude
  • [to] dodge; avoid
  • [to] hide; take cover
  • [to] evade; elude
หลีกlèekหลีกlèek1[to] avoid; evade; shun; escape2[to] give way; step aside
  • [to] avoid; evade; shun; escape
  • [to] give way; step aside
เลี่ยงlîangเลี่ยงlîang1[to] avoid; dodge2[to] evade (rules/responsibility)3[to] avoid; go around (detour)
  • [to] avoid; dodge
  • [to] evade (rules/responsibility)
  • [to] avoid; go around (detour)
หลบเลี่ยงlòp lîiangหลบเลี่ยงlòp lîiang[to] evade; avoid; circumvent

[to] evade; avoid; circumvent

หนีnĕeหนีnĕe1[to] flee; run away; escape2[to] avoid; evade; dodge; shirk3[to] elope
  • [to] flee; run away; escape
  • [to] avoid; evade; dodge; shirk
  • [to] elope

Word Breakdown

หลีกlèekหลีกlèek1[to] avoid; evade; shun; escape2[to] give way; step asidePart 1
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เลี่ยงlîangเลี่ยงlîang1[to] avoid; dodge2[to] evade (rules/responsibility)3[to] avoid; go around (detour)Part 2
หลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîangหลีกเลี่ยงlèek lîang[to] avoid; evade; steer clear of