เฉไฉ(chăy-chăi)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] evade; dodge

to avoid answering directly or to steer away from a question or issue

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเฉไฉchăy-chăiเฉไฉchăy-chăi1[to] evade; dodge2[to] digressไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesอื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2else; otherwise (as a modifying element)3others; other people/thingsทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
When I asked about the money, he immediately steered the conversation to something else.
2VerbB2

[to] digress

to stray from the main topic in speech or writing

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]อาจารย์สอนaa-jaan sŏnอาจารย์สอนaa-jaan sŏnteacher; instructor; lecturerเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เฉไฉchăy-chăiเฉไฉchăy-chăi1[to] evade; dodge2[to] digressออกนอกเรื่องòk nôk rêuuangออกนอกเรื่องòk nôk rêuuang[to] digress; go off-topicจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofนักเรียนnák riianนักเรียนnák riianschool student; pupilงงngongงงngong1confused; puzzled2[to] be confused; get confused
When the teacher lectures, he often strays from the topic, which confuses the students.

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