อย่างเดียว(yàang diao)
Meanings
1AdverbA2
only; just; solely; exclusively
used to limit or focus the meaning to one thing or option, and nothing else
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketเนื้อสัตว์néuua sàtเนื้อสัตว์néuua sàtmeat (animal flesh for food)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishอย่างเดียวyàang diaoอย่างเดียวyàang diao1only; just; solely; exclusively2alone; by itself (post-nominal)
I don't eat meat. I only eat fish.
2AdverbB1
alone; by itself (post-nominal)
placed after a noun or clause to mean that that alone is being considered or is (in)sufficient (e.g., เงินอย่างเดียวไม่พอ ‘money alone isn’t enough’)
Examples
มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความรักkwaam rákความรักkwaam rák1love; affection2romance; romantic relationshipอย่างเดียวyàang diaoอย่างเดียวyàang diao1only; just; solely; exclusively2alone; by itself (post-nominal)ไม่พอmâi poไม่พอmâi po1not enough; insufficient2not enough; not sufficientlyต้องมีdtông meeต้องมีdtông mee[to] must have; [to] need to haveความเข้าใจkwaam kâo jaiความเข้าใจkwaam kâo jai1understanding; comprehension2mutual understanding; rapport3interpretation; one’s viewด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due to
Love alone isn't enough; there must also be understanding.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เพียงอย่างเดียวpiiang yàang diiaoเพียงอย่างเดียวpiiang yàang diiao1only; solely; exclusively2only; sole; single
- only; solely; exclusively
- only; sole; single
ลูกเดียวlôok diiaoลูกเดียวlôok diiao1only; solely; exclusively2one (with CL 'ลูก')
- only; solely; exclusively
- one (with CL 'ลูก')
เท่านั้นtâo nánเท่านั้นtâo nán1only; just; no more than2that much/that many; to that extent3that’s all; period (sentence‑final)
- only; just; no more than
- that much/that many; to that extent
- that’s all; period (sentence‑final)
แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)
- only; just
- merely; simply (downplaying)
- only; just (preposition)
โดดๆdòht dòhtโดดๆdòht dòht1alone; by itself2only; solely; exclusively3plain; without anything added
- alone; by itself
- only; solely; exclusively
- plain; without anything added
Word Breakdown
อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)Part 1
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อย่างเดียวyàang diaoอย่างเดียวyàang diaoonly; just; solely; exclusively