เคียงข้าง

kiiang kâang

Meanings

1AdverbA2

beside; side by side (adv.)

At or by the side; side by side, next to (used adverbially in phrases like เคียงข้างกันเคียงข้างกันkiiang kâang ganside by side; together).

Examples

วางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)เก้าอี้gâo îเก้าอี้gâo îchairเคียงข้างkiiang kâangเคียงข้างkiiang kâang1beside; side by side (adv.)2[to] be/stay beside; stand byโต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Place the chair next to the table.
2VerbB1

[to] be/stay beside; stand by

To be or remain at someone’s side; to stand by or accompany closely.

Examples

ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseผ่าตัดpàa dtàtผ่าตัดpàa dtàt1[to] operate (surgically)2surgery; operationพ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเคียงข้างkiiang kâangเคียงข้างkiiang kâang1beside; side by side (adv.)2[to] be/stay beside; stand byแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ห่างhàangห่างhàang1far; distant2apart; spaced out3[to] keep a distance; stay apart4remote (relationship); detachedจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofทุกอย่างtúk yàangทุกอย่างtúk yàangeverything; all thingsผ่านไปpàan bpaiผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)
When Mom had surgery, Dad stayed by her side without leaving until everything was over.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เคียงkiiangเคียงkiiang1beside; alongside; next to2[to] stay by [sb]'s side; accompany; supportPart 1
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ข้างkâangข้างkâang1beside; next to; by2side; lateral (modifier)3side; flank4side; party (in a dispute or game)Part 2
เคียงข้างkiiang kâangเคียงข้างkiiang kâangbeside; side by side (adv.)