เมือกลื่น
mêuuak lêun
Meanings
1NounB1
slimy mucus; slippery slime
a thick, slippery secretion like mucus or slime that reduces friction on surfaces (e.g., fish skin, okra, snails)
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]จับปลาjàp bplaaจับปลาjàp bplaa[to] catch fishดุกdùkดุกdùk1stern; harsh; fierce2walking catfish (Clarias); catfish (colloquial)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightระวังrá-wangระวังrá-wang1[to] be careful; take care2[to] watch out for; guard against3watch out!; caution!เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเมือกmêuuakเมือกmêuuakmucus; slime; mucilageลื่นๆlêuun lêuunลื่นๆlêuun lêuun1slightly slippery2smoothly; without problemsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]จับยากjàp yâakจับยากjàp yâak1hard to catch; difficult to seize/hold2hard to discern/comprehend
You have to be careful when catching a catfish because it has a slippery slime that makes it hard to hold.
2AdjectiveB2
slimy; slippery (mucus-like)
having a slick, slippery, mucus-like quality; coated with slime
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่ชอบmâi chôpไม่ชอบmâi chôp[to] dislike [sth/sb]; [to] not like [sth/sb]กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketมันมือเสือman meuu sĕuuaมันมือเสือman meuu sĕuuawater yam; winged yamเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเนื้อnéuuaเนื้อnéuua1meat; flesh2muscle/meat (by cut or quality)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4content; substantive matter5core/body of an object6human body (skin and flesh)7body; flesh (of a person/animal)8classifier: pieces of meatมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)เมือกลื่นmêuuak lêunเมือกลื่นmêuuak lêun1slimy mucus; slippery slime2slimy; slippery (mucus-like)แปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange way
I don't like eating Japanese yam because its texture is weirdly slimy.
Word Breakdown
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เมือกลื่นmêuuak lêunเมือกลื่นmêuuak lêunslimy mucus; slippery slime