เหลือไว้(lĕuua wái)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] leave [sth] over; set aside; save (for later)
to intentionally keep some part remaining, not using it all so it is available for later
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseทำเค้กtam kékทำเค้กtam kék[to] make a cake; [to] bake a cakeชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1classifier: pieces/items2piece; item; fragment; sliceใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ครึ่งหนึ่งkrêung nèungครึ่งหนึ่งkrêung nèung1one half; 1/22half (of [sth]/[sb])3by half (50%)และláeและláeand (coordinating)เหลือไว้lĕuua wáiเหลือไว้lĕuua wái1[to] leave [sth] over; set aside; save (for later)2[to] retain; keep [sth] as is3[to] leave behind (for others); bequeath; preserve as a memento4[to] leave only [X] remainingให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitน้องnóngน้องnóng1younger sibling2junior; younger person
Mom made a big piece of cake; I ate half and saved the rest for my younger sibling.
2VerbB2
[to] retain; keep [sth] as is
to not remove, change, or take away something; to keep it in place or unchanged
Examples
ถึงแม้จะtĕung máe jàถึงแม้จะtĕung máe jàeven though; althoughทาสีtaa sĕeทาสีtaa sĕe1[to] coat with paint2[to] paint (a surface)บ้านใหม่bâan màiบ้านใหม่bâan màinew house/homeแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เหลือlĕuuaเหลือlĕuua1[to] remain; be left2[to] have left; have remaining3[to] spare; have extra4[to] exceed; be more thanผนังอิฐpà-năng ìtผนังอิฐpà-năng ìtbrick wall (building wall)เดิมdermเดิมderm1original; initial2former; previous3as before; originally; same as beforeไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofความคลาสสิกkwaam kláat-sìkความคลาสสิกkwaam kláat-sìk1classic quality; timelessness2classical style/tradition
Even though we're repainting the house, we decided to keep the original brick wall for a classic look.
3VerbB2
[to] leave behind (for others); bequeath; preserve as a memento
to leave something remaining for someone else or as a remembrance or memorial
Examples
คุณแม่kun mâeคุณแม่kun mâe1mother (polite)2Mom (form of address)3polite address for a mother/pregnant womanทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveขนมkà-nŏmขนมkà-nŏm1snack; sweet; dessert2confectionery; pastryแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เหลือไว้lĕuua wáiเหลือไว้lĕuua wái1[to] leave [sth] over; set aside; save (for later)2[to] retain; keep [sth] as is3[to] leave behind (for others); bequeath; preserve as a memento4[to] leave only [X] remainingให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1classifier: pieces/items2piece; item; fragment; sliceหนึ่งในnèung naiหนึ่งในnèung naione of [a group]ตู้เย็นdtôo yenตู้เย็นdtôo yenrefrigerator; fridge
Mom made some dessert and left a piece for me in the fridge.
4VerbB2
[to] leave only [X] remaining
to cause only a specified thing to remain after removing, using up, or taking away the rest
Examples
เขากินข้าวkăo gin kâaoเขากินข้าวkăo gin kâaohe/she eats rice; he/she is having a mealผัดpàtผัดpàt1[to] stir-fry [sth]2stir-fried dish (as a noun prefix)3[to] postpone; put off; delayจนเกลี้ยงjon glîiangจนเกลี้ยงjon glîiangcompletely; until all goneจานjaanจานjaan1plate; dish (tableware)2dish antenna; satellite dish3classifier for plates/servingsเหลือไว้lĕuua wáiเหลือไว้lĕuua wái1[to] leave [sth] over; set aside; save (for later)2[to] retain; keep [sth] as is3[to] leave behind (for others); bequeath; preserve as a memento4[to] leave only [X] remainingแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)แตงกวาdtaeng gwaaแตงกวาdtaeng gwaacucumberไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèe1a few; not many2only a few (of them)ชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1classifier: pieces/items2piece; item; fragment; slice
He ate all the fried rice, leaving only a few pieces of cucumber.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
รักษาไว้rák-săa wáiรักษาไว้rák-săa wái1[to] preserve; maintain; safeguard2[to] retain; hold on to; keep possession of
- [to] preserve; maintain; safeguard
- [to] retain; hold on to; keep possession of
คงไว้kong wáiคงไว้kong wái[to] retain; keep; preserve [sth]
[to] retain; keep; preserve [sth]
เก็บไว้gèp wáiเก็บไว้gèp wái1[to] keep [sth]; put [sth] away; set [sth] aside (for later)2[to] save/store [data/files]3[to] keep [sth] to oneself; not reveal (feelings/info)
- [to] keep [sth]; put [sth] away; set [sth] aside (for later)
- [to] save/store [data/files]
- [to] keep [sth] to oneself; not reveal (feelings/info)
Word Breakdown
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เหลือไว้lĕuua wáiเหลือไว้lĕuua wái[to] leave [sth] over; set aside; save (for later)