เลี่ยน
lîianMeanings
1AdjectiveB1
greasy; cloying (food)
describing food that is overly oily or rich, making one feel sick or put off; cloying
Examples
กินพิซซ่าgin pít-sâaกินพิซซ่าgin pít-sâa[to] eat pizzaชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1piece; item; fragment; slice2classifier: pieces/itemsที่สามtêe săamที่สามtêe săam1third; 3rd (in order)2the third (one); third placeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเลี่ยนlîianเลี่ยนlîian1greasy; cloying (food)2sick of; fed up (from excess)3bald; smooth (patch)4cloying; overly sentimentalเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingชีสchéesชีสchées1cheese (food)2say cheese! (for photos)เยอะมากyér mâakเยอะมากyér mâak1very many; numerous (colloquial)2very much; a lot (colloq.)
After the third slice of pizza, it started to feel cloying because there's so much cheese.
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The soup is so oily that it's cloying, so I asked for chili and lime to cut the richness.
อาหารทอดaa-hăan tôtหลายอย่างlăai yàangกินginติดdtìtๆ-กันganจะjàเลี่ยนlîianง่ายngâaiควรkuuanมีmeeผักดองpàk dongหรือrĕuชาchaaไม่mâiหวานwăanช่วยchûuaiแก้เลี่ยนgâe lîan
Eating many fried dishes in a row can quickly become cloying; you should have pickles or unsweetened tea to counter the greasiness.
2AdjectiveB2
sick of; fed up (from excess)
feeling put off or fed up because something is too much, too sweet, too cheesy, or overly sentimental (extended from food)
Examples
ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutหวานwăanหวานwăan1sweet (taste)2sweet; endearing (manner/appearance)3romantic; sentimental; saccharineใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)กันganกันgan1together; together with2each other; one another (post-verb marker)3[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block4protective; resistant to; -proof5I; me (informal, male speech)6[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkตลอดทั้งdtà-lòt tángตลอดทั้งdtà-lòt tángthroughout; all throughงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)แอบàepแอบàep1[to] do [sth] secretly; [to] conceal (one’s actions)2[to] hide; stay out of sight3secretly; on the slyเลี่ยนlîianเลี่ยนlîian1greasy; cloying (food)2sick of; fed up (from excess)3bald; smooth (patch)4cloying; overly sentimentalจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk1[to] get goosebumps2goosebumps3goosebumpy; covered in goosebumps
Listening to them sweet-talk each other throughout the event made me feel so cheesed out that I got goosebumps.
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โฆษณาkôh-sà-naaนี้néeพยายามpà-yaa-yaamซึ้งséungจนjonออกจะòk jàเลี่ยนlîianผู้ชมpôo chomหลายคนlăai konเลยloieกรอกgròkตาdtaa
This ad tries so hard to be touching that it becomes cheesy, making many viewers roll their eyes.
ดูdooละครlá-konแล้วláeoเจอjerฉากchàakสารภาพรักsăa-rá-pâap rákแบบbàepเว่อร์wêrๆ-บ่อยๆbòi bòiเข้าkâoก็gâwเริ่มrêrmเลี่ยนlîianและláeกดข้ามgòt kâam
After seeing over-the-top love confession scenes again and again in the drama, I start to feel fed up and skip them.
เพลงplayngเนื้อหาnéuua hăaหวานwăanจนjonเลี่ยนlîianทำให้tam hâiความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukจริงใจjing jaiหายไปhăai bpaiและláeกลายเป็นglaai bpenน่าnâaขัดเขินkàt kĕrnแทนtaen
The lyrics are so sweet that they become cloying, stripping away sincerity and turning it into awkwardness.
3AdjectiveB2
bald; smooth (patch)
having a smooth bald patch with no hair; hairless in a spot (informal)
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toหัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1head (body part)2top; end; tip3leader; chief; head4mind; mentality; way of thinking5classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins6header; title; headline7beginning; initial part8[to] laugh (Isan; archaic in standard Thai)เลี่ยนlîianเลี่ยนlîian1greasy; cloying (food)2sick of; fed up (from excess)3bald; smooth (patch)4cloying; overly sentimentalตรงกลางdtrong glaangตรงกลางdtrong glaang1in the middle; centrally2central; middle (located at the center)3the middle; the centerศีรษะsĕe-sàศีรษะsĕe-sà1head (body part; formal)2top; tip; end (literary)เป็นวงbpen wongเป็นวงbpen wong1in a circle2circular; ring-shapedเงาngaoเงาngao1shadow2reflection; image3shade; dimness; darkness4glossy; shiny5silhouette; outline6trace; hint7follower; doubleเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asชัดchátชัดchát1clear; sharp (visible/audible)2clear; definite3clearlyเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4classifier: scheduled occasions; meals; dosesส่องไฟsòng faiส่องไฟsòng fai[to] shine a light on; illuminate
Dad is starting to get a smooth bald spot in the middle of his head, which is obvious under light.
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เขาkăoถูกtòokรุ่นพี่rûn pêeล้อlóเรื่องrêuuangผมpŏmบางbaangจนjonเป็นวงbpen wongเลี่ยนlîianแถวtăeoกระหม่อมgrà-mòm
He was teased by seniors about his thinning hair that has become a smooth bald patch near the crown.
ตรงdtrongข้างkâangขม่อมkà-mòmของkŏngลุงlungมีจุดmee jùtเลี่ยนlîianไม่มีmâi meeเส้นผมsên pŏmขึ้นkêunทำให้tam hâiเวลาway-laaถ่ายรูปtàai rôopเห็นhĕnเงาวับngao wáp
On the side of uncle’s crown there’s a hairless bald spot, making a shiny glare in photos.
แพทย์pâetบอกว่าbòk wâaแผลเป็นplăe bpenจากjàakอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètทำให้tam hâiหนังศีรษะnăng sĭi-sàส่วนsùuanนั้นnánเลี่ยนlîianถาวรtăa-wonไร้ráiรูขุมขนroo kŭm kŏn
The doctor said the scar from the accident made that area of the scalp permanently hairless, with no follicles.
4AdjectiveB2
cloying; overly sentimental
Too sweet or emotional in a way that becomes unpleasant, especially in speech, stories, or behavior.
Examples
บทพูดbòt pôotบทพูดbòt pôot1spoken lines; dialogue2speech text; script of a talkในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ละครlá-konละครlá-kon1drama; play; theater show2theater; dramatic artsเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)หวานwăanหวานwăan1sweet (taste)2sweet; endearing (manner/appearance)3romantic; sentimental; saccharineจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเลี่ยนlîianเลี่ยนlîian1greasy; cloying (food)2sick of; fed up (from excess)3bald; smooth (patch)4cloying; overly sentimentalฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เลยloieเลยloie1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedดูdooดูdoo1[to] look; watch; see2[to] examine; check; inspect3[to] seem; appear4try; have a go5[to] divine; tell fortuneได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèea few; not manyตอนdtonตอนdton1section; part2episode; chapter3when; at the time (of)4time segment; period5classifier for sections, chapters, or episodes
The dialogue in this drama is so sickly sweet that I could only watch a few episodes.
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เขาkăoชอบchôpส่งข้อความsòng kô kwaamรักrákแบบbàepเลี่ยนlîianๆ-มาmaaให้hâiทั้งที่táng têeฉันchănชอบchôpคำพูดkam pôotง่ายngâaiๆ-มากกว่าmâak gwàa
He likes sending me cheesy love messages, even though I prefer simple words.
แม้máeจะjàเป็นbpenหนังnăngรักrákแต่dtàeบทสนทนาbòt sŏn-tá-naaของkŏngตัวละครdtuua lá-konก็gâwไม่mâiเลี่ยนlîianเพราะpráwใช้cháiคำพูดkam pôotเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâaiที่têeคนทั่วไปkon tûua bpaiพูดpôotกันganจริงjingๆ-
Although it's a romance film, the characters' dialogue isn't sappy because they use simple language that people actually use.
ฉากchàakคืนดีkeun deeควรจะkuuan jàทำให้tam hâiคนดูkon dooซึ้งséungแต่dtàeพอporใส่sàiทั้งtángคำสาบานkam săa-baanและláeดนตรีdon-dtreeหวานwăanๆ-มากเกินไปmâak gern bpaiก็gâwกลับglàpเลี่ยนlîianจนjonดูdooไม่จริงใจmâi jing jai
The reconciliation scene was supposed to move the audience, but the excessive vows and sentimental music made it so saccharine that it felt insincere.