เล่าจริง(lâo jing)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] speak frankly; tell it straight

to say something honestly and directly, without hiding or softening it

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เล่าจริงlâo jingเล่าจริงlâo jing1frankly; honestly (discourse marker)2[to] speak frankly; tell it straightๆ-ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeโครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ไม่คุ้มค่าmâi kúm kâaไม่คุ้มค่าmâi kúm kâanot worth it
I’ll be honest: this project isn’t worth it.
2AdverbB2

frankly; honestly (discourse marker)

used as a conversational preface meaning “frankly” or “honestly”

Examples

พูดตรงpôot dtrongพูดตรงpôot dtrong[to] speak frankly; [to] be bluntๆ-นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)เข้าใจkâo jaiเข้าใจkâo jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to be] understanding (of [sb])3[to] assume; take sth to be trueงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)สั่งsàngสั่งsàng1[to] command; instruct; direct2[to] order [sth]; place an order (food/goods)3[to] prescribe; order (medical/legal/official)เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)
Honestly, I don’t really understand the assignment the teacher gave yesterday.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)Part 1
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จริงjingจริงjing1really; truly; indeed2truth; reality (rare as noun)3true; real; genuine4[!] intensifier particle (final)Part 2
เล่าจริงlâo jingเล่าจริงlâo jing[to] speak frankly; tell it straight