แยกน้ำ
yâek náam
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] separate/remove water
to separate water from a mixture or substance; to drain or dewater.
Examples
ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisเต้าหู้dtâo hûuเต้าหู้dtâo hûutofu; bean curdไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทอดtôtทอดtôt1[to] fry (in oil)2[to] stretch out; extend; lay out3[to] cast; throw (a net/line)4[to] bestow; dedicate (merit/charity)5[to] bestow; confer (royal/religious honorific)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเอาไปao bpaiเอาไปao bpai1[to] take/carry [sth] away2take it (then); you can have itแยกน้ำyâek náamแยกน้ำyâek náam1[to] separate/remove water2[to] separate liquidsออกòkออกòk1[to] go out; exit; leave2[to] come out; appear; be issued3[to] produce; emit; put out4[to] pay; spend; disburse5[to] issue; publish6out; outward7resulting; turn out8[to] quit; resignก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerไม่งั้นmâi ngánไม่งั้นmâi ngánotherwise; or else; if notน้ำมันnáam manน้ำมันnáam man1oil; petroleum2cooking oil3lubricating oilจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กระเด็นgrà-denกระเด็นgrà-den1[to] splash; spatter2[to] be flung; be knocked away
Before frying the tofu, you have to drain the water from it first, otherwise the oil will splatter.
2VerbB2
[to] separate liquids
to separate liquids into phases or components (e.g., separate oil and water).
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyน้ำแกงnáam gaengน้ำแกงnáam gaeng1curry/soup broth (liquid part)2curry gravy; pouring sauceเย็นลงyen longเย็นลงyen long1[to] cool down; become cooler2[to] calm down; ease; lessenเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asไขมันkăi manไขมันkăi man1fat; lipid (nutrient)2body fat; adipose tissue3grease; rendered fat (culinary)ลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]แยกน้ำyâek náamแยกน้ำyâek náam1[to] separate/remove water2[to] separate liquidsกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)น้ำมันnáam manน้ำมันnáam man1oil; petroleum2cooking oil3lubricating oilออกจากกันòk jàak ganออกจากกันòk jàak gan1[to] separate [from each other]; [to] part ways2apart; separatelyได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ง่ายngâaiง่ายngâai1easy; simple2easily; readily3straightforward; uncomplicated
Once the soup cools down, you will see the fat float to the top, making it easy to separate the water and oil.
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แยกน้ำyâek náamแยกน้ำyâek náam[to] separate/remove water