เลือก

lêuuak

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] choose; select; pick

to decide on or pick one or more options from several

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เลือกlêuuakเลือกlêuuak1[to] choose; select; pick2picky; choosy; selective3[to] electเสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวสีฟ้าsĕe fáaสีฟ้าsĕe fáa1light blue; sky blue (color)2light blue; sky-blueไม่เอาmâi aoไม่เอาmâi ao1[to] not take; not want; refuse; decline2[!] no; I don't want (it); passสีเขียวsĕe kĭiaoสีเขียวsĕe kĭiao1green (color)2green; green-colored3eco-friendly; environmental
I choose the blue shirt, not the green one.
2NounB1

[to] elect

to choose someone for a public position by voting

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]สิทธิ์sìtสิทธิ์sìt1right; entitlement2authorization; permissions (access rights)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเลือกlêuuakเลือกlêuuak1[to] choose; select; pick2picky; choosy; selective3[to] electนายกเทศมนตรีnaa-yók têet-sà-mon-dtreeนายกเทศมนตรีnaa-yók têet-sà-mon-dtreemunicipal mayorคนใหม่kon màiคนใหม่kon mài1new person; newcomer; new member/hire2new romantic partner (colloquial)เมื่อวานนี้mêuua waan néeเมื่อวานนี้mêuua waan née1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; on the previous day
Villagers went to exercise their rights to elect a new mayor yesterday.
3NounB1

picky; choosy; selective

describing someone who is hard to please or very particular about choices; choosy

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเรื่องมากrêuuang mâakเรื่องมากrêuuang mâakfussy; pickyเลือกlêuuakเลือกlêuuak1[to] choose; select; pick2picky; choosy; selective3[to] electอาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsนานมากnaan mâakนานมากnaan mâakfor a very long timeกว่าจะgwàa jàกว่าจะgwàa jànot until; by the time (introducing a clause)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
He's picky and takes a long time to settle on food before he agrees to eat.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

คัดkátคัดkát1[to] select; pick out2[to] screen; filter; sort3[to] copy neatly (handwriting)4stuffy; congested (nose)5[to] strain; press (liquid/mixture)6[to] accuse; bring charges against
  • [to] select; pick out
  • [to] screen; filter; sort
  • [to] copy neatly (handwriting)
  • stuffy; congested (nose)
  • [to] strain; press (liquid/mixture)
  • [to] accuse; bring charges against
คัดเลือกkát lêuuakคัดเลือกkát lêuuak1[to] select; choose (by criteria)2[to] screen; shortlist3selection; screening (by criteria)
  • [to] select; choose (by criteria)
  • [to] screen; shortlist
  • selection; screening (by criteria)
สรรsănสรรsăn1[to] select; choose; pick2[to] compose; craft; create (esp. words)3[to] praise; extol4[to] recount; describe; list
  • [to] select; choose; pick
  • [to] compose; craft; create (esp. words)
  • [to] praise; extol
  • [to] recount; describe; list
เฟ้นfénเฟ้นfén[to] select carefully; sift; handpick

[to] select carefully; sift; handpick