เขว(kăy)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

not straight; slanted

Not in a straight line; slanted, skewed, or deviated from a path.

Examples

ไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátruler; straightedgeอันนี้an néeอันนี้an néethis; this one (near the speaker)เบี้ยวbîiaoเบี้ยวbîiao1[to] default; renege; no-show2askew; warped; crooked3to warp; to bend out of shapeผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ขีดkèetขีดkèet1[to] draw a line; mark; scratch2line; stroke; mark3slash; stroke; dash4hectogram (100 grams)5to limit; set a line6classifier: small sticks/pieces of chalk or crayonเส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like thingsออกมาòk maaออกมาòk maa1[to] come out; emerge2[to] be released; be made public3[to] turn out; end up4[to] come forward; speak outเขวkăyเขวkăy1not straight; slanted2distracted; off-track3[to] swerve; deviate
This ruler is warped, so I drew a skewed line.
2AdjectiveB2

distracted; off-track

Mentally distracted or led astray from a goal or belief; off-track.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitคำวิจารณ์kam wí-jaanคำวิจารณ์kam wí-jaan1criticism; critical remark(s)2review; critiqueของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เขวkăyเขวkăy1not straight; slanted2distracted; off-track3[to] swerve; deviateจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)เป้าหมายbpâo măaiเป้าหมายbpâo măai1target (literal)2objective (business/strategy)3goal; target; aim
Don't let other people's criticism lead you astray from your goal.
3VerbB2

[to] swerve; deviate

To veer off course physically, or to waver from a plan or belief.

Examples

คนขับkon kàpคนขับkon kàpdriver; chauffeur; operator (of a vehicle)หลับlàpหลับlàp1[to] sleep; [to] fall asleep2asleep (stative)3numb; asleep (limb)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesเขวkăyเขวkăy1not straight; slanted2distracted; off-track3[to] swerve; deviateออกจากòk jàakออกจากòk jàak1[to] leave; exit; depart from2from; out of (after a verb)เลนleenเลนleen1mud; sludge2lane; lane marker (road lane)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toast4cl. for social classes/types (rare)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แบริเออร์bae-rí-erแบริเออร์bae-rí-erbarrier; safety barrierข้างทางkâang taangข้างทางkâang taang1roadside/wayside2by the road/along the way3roadside (as a modifier)
The driver dozed off, causing the car to veer out of its lane and hit the roadside barrier.

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ไขว้เขวkwâi kwăyไขว้เขวkwâi kwăydistracted; confused; unsettled; wavering

distracted; confused; unsettled; wavering

เอียงiiangเอียงiiang1tilted; slanted; inclined2[to] tilt; lean; slant3biased; partial; skewed; slanted
  • tilted; slanted; inclined
  • [to] tilt; lean; slant
  • biased; partial; skewed; slanted
เบี้ยวbîiaoเบี้ยวbîiao1[to] default; renege; no-show2askew; warped; crooked3to warp; to bend out of shape
  • [to] default; renege; no-show
  • askew; warped; crooked
  • to warp; to bend out of shape
เฉchăyเฉchăy1slanted; askew; oblique2[to] tilt; slant; skew
  • slanted; askew; oblique
  • [to] tilt; slant; skew
หักเหhàk hăyหักเหhàk hăy1[to] refract (physics)2[to] deflect; veer off course
  • [to] refract (physics)
  • [to] deflect; veer off course