เบือน
bʉʉanMeaning
1VerbB2
[to] turn aside/away; avert
to turn aside or turn away (one’s face, body, or attention), often to avoid looking directly
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)พูดถึงpôot tĕungพูดถึงpôot tĕung1talk about; mention; bring up2speaking of ...; regarding ...เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)เก่าๆgào gàoเก่าๆgào gàoold; oldish (reduplicated)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเบือนหน้าbeuuan nâaเบือนหน้าbeuuan nâa1[to] turn one's face away2[to] turn away from [sb]/[sth]; [to] shunไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyทางtaangทางtaang1way; route; road; path2direction; side3method; means; manner4by; via; through (means or channel)5classifier: roads/routes/ways6in terms of; in the field of7side/party (institutional)อื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2other; anotherทันทีtan teeทันทีtan teeimmediately; at once
As soon as I mentioned the old story, he immediately turned his face away.
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She turned her face away in disappointment when she saw the exam results.
หลายคนlǎai-konเลือกlʉ̂ʉakที่จะtîi-jàเบือนหน้าbʉʉan-nâaหนีnǐiจากjàakความจริงkwaam-jingที่tîiโหดร้ายhòot-ráaiเพราะprɔ́มันmanง่ายกว่าngâai-gwàaการยอมรับgaan-yɔɔm-rápและlɛ́เผชิญหน้าpà-chəən-nâaกับgàpมันman
Many people choose to turn away from the harsh reality because it's easier than accepting and confronting it.
เด็กน้อยdèk-nɔ́ɔiเบือนหน้าbʉʉan-nâaซบsópไหล่làiแม่mɛ̂ɛด้วยdûuaiความkwaamเขินอายkə̌ən-aaiเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaถูกtùukคนแปลกหน้าkon-bplɛ̀ɛk-nâaทักทายták-taai
The little child shyly turned his face to hide on his mother's shoulder when a stranger greeted him.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
bʉʉan
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |