เล(lay)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] tease; kid (colloquial)

to joke with or make fun of someone in a light or playful way

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเลlayเลlay1[to] tease; kid (colloquial)2[to] act playfully; fool around (colloquial)3[to] pretend; act as if (colloquial)4[to] flirt; make light advances (slang)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowแรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)เขาอายkăo aaiเขาอายkăo aai[to] be shy; feel embarrassedอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remain
Don't joke too harshly with your friend; he's feeling embarrassed.
2VerbB2

[to] act playfully; fool around (colloquial)

to behave in a playful, unserious, or frivolous manner

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyอาจารย์aa-jaanอาจารย์aa-jaan1teacher; instructor; professor (esp. tertiary)2honorific/title for a teacher3master (spiritual/martial/arts)เผลอplĕrเผลอplĕr1careless; inadvertent; off-guard2[to] do unintentionally; be off-guard and [to] let slip3by accident; inadvertently; without noticingนักเรียนnák riianนักเรียนnák riianschool student; pupilก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerบางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเลlayเลlay1[to] tease; kid (colloquial)2[to] act playfully; fool around (colloquial)3[to] pretend; act as if (colloquial)4[to] flirt; make light advances (slang)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveงานกลุ่มngaan glùmงานกลุ่มngaan glùmgroup work; group project
As soon as the teacher looked away, some students started fooling around and wouldn’t do the group work.
3VerbB2

[to] pretend; act as if (colloquial)

to behave as though something were true when it is not; to feign

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเลlayเลlay1[to] tease; kid (colloquial)2[to] act playfully; fool around (colloquial)3[to] pretend; act as if (colloquial)4[to] flirt; make light advances (slang)ทำเป็นtam bpenทำเป็นtam bpen1[to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)2[to] pretend; feign; act as ifไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เจ็บjèpเจ็บjèp1sore; painful2[to] hurt; be in pain3hurt (emotionally)4injuredแม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ล้มlómล้มlóm1to fall; topple2to knock/fell down3to cancel/overturn4to collapse; fail5[to] overthrow; toppleแรงมากraeng mâakแรงมากraeng mâak1very strong; intense2[!] intense; harsh
He pretended not to be hurt even though he fell hard.
4VerbC1

[to] flirt; make light advances (slang)

to behave in a teasing or lightly romantic way toward someone

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เลlayเลlay1[to] tease; kid (colloquial)2[to] act playfully; fool around (colloquial)3[to] pretend; act as if (colloquial)4[to] flirt; make light advances (slang)รุ่นพี่rûn pêeรุ่นพี่rûn pêesenior; upper-year student; senior colleagueที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanworkplace; officeยิ้มyímยิ้มyím1smile2[to] smileหวานwăanหวานwăan1sweet (taste)2sweet; endearing (manner/appearance)3romantic; sentimental; saccharine4sweet (personality/behavior)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)3always; all the time
He likes to flirt with the senior colleague at work, always smiling sweetly at her.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

หยอกyòkหยอกyòk[to] tease; kid; flirt playfully

[to] tease; kid; flirt playfully

แซวsaeoแซวsaeo1[to] tease; rib; banter2[to] roast; poke fun (slightly sharper)
  • [to] tease; rib; banter
  • [to] roast; poke fun (slightly sharper)
หยอดyòtหยอดyòt1[to] drop/drip (small amount)2[to] apply drops (medicine)3[to] add a small amount (food/condiment)4[to] insert a coin5[to] tease/flirt lightly
  • [to] drop/drip (small amount)
  • [to] apply drops (medicine)
  • [to] add a small amount (food/condiment)
  • [to] insert a coin
  • [to] tease/flirt lightly
แกล้งทำglâeng tamแกล้งทำglâeng tam[to] pretend; [to] feign

[to] pretend; [to] feign

ทำเป็นtam bpenทำเป็นtam bpen1[to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)2[to] pretend; feign; act as if
  • [to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)
  • [to] pretend; feign; act as if