เมืองไกล(meuuang glai)
Meanings
1NounB1
faraway city
A city or town that is far away; a distant place.
Examples
ปีหน้าbpee nâaปีหน้าbpee nâanext yearฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปทำงานbpai tam ngaanไปทำงานbpai tam ngaan[to] go to workที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเมืองไกลmeuuang glaiเมืองไกลmeuuang glai1faraway city2a far-off land (literary)
Next year, I will go to work in a faraway city.
2NounB2
a far-off land (literary)
A remote or distant place, often used in a literary or poetic sense.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taan1tale; story (traditional/children’s)2folk tale; fableเจ้าชายjâo chaaiเจ้าชายjâo chaai1prince2Prince (title; before name)มักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)ออกเดินทางòk dern taangออกเดินทางòk dern taang1[to] set out; depart; leave on a trip2(of transport) [to] departไปยังbpai yangไปยังbpai yangto; toward (destination/extent)เมืองไกลmeuuang glaiเมืองไกลmeuuang glai1faraway city2a far-off land (literary)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofตามหาdtaam hăaตามหาdtaam hăa1[to] look for; search for; seek; track down2[to] seek to obtain (a specific item)เจ้าหญิงjâo yĭngเจ้าหญิงjâo yĭngprincess (female royal)
In fairy tales, the prince often travels to a distant land to find the princess.
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เมืองไกลmeuuang glaiเมืองไกลmeuuang glaifaraway city