แต่ยัง(dtàe yang)

Meanings

1ConjunctionA2

but still; yet

used to introduce contrast while indicating that a situation continues to hold true (e.g., ‘but still …’, ‘yet … still …’)

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เหนื่อยnèuayเหนื่อยnèuay1tired; exhausted2[to] get tired; become tired3tiring; exhausting4hard; laborious; exhausting (informal)แต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yetอยากดูyàak dooอยากดูyàak doo[to] want to watch; [to] want to seeทีวีtee weeทีวีtee wee1television (broadcast medium)2classifier: เครื่อง / เครื่องรับ3television (device)
I'm tired, but I still want to watch TV.

Word Breakdown

แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)Part 1
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ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)Part 2
แต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yet