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lâen

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)

to move smoothly or quickly, especially of a boat/ship sailing, or something gliding through water or air

Examples

เรือใบreuua baiเรือใบreuua bai1sailing (sport/activity)2sailboat; sailing vesselแล่นผ่านlâen pàanแล่นผ่านlâen pàan[to] pass by; [to] sail past; [to] travel pastอ่าวàaoอ่าวàao1oh; hey; huh2bayอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)นิ่มนวลnîm nuuanนิ่มนวลnîm nuuan1soft; gentle; tender2gracefully; gentlyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ยามเช้าyaam cháaoยามเช้าyaam cháao1morning2in the morning
The sailboat glided across the bay smoothly in the morning.
2NounB1

[to] run; operate (engine/vehicle); sail

to be in operation or to move (of an engine or vehicle), or to travel by water under sail; also to glide or move swiftly

Examples

เรือหางยาวreuua hăang yaaoเรือหางยาวreuua hăang yaaolong-tail boatแล่นlâenแล่นlâen1[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)2[to] run; operate (engine/vehicle); sail3[to] speed off; dashไปตามbpai dtaamไปตามbpai dtaam1[to] go along [sth]; [to] follow [sth]2[to] go get [sb]; [to] fetchคลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditchesอย่างช้าๆyàang cháa cháaอย่างช้าๆyàang cháa cháaslowly; at a slow pace
The long-tail boat moves along the canal slowly.
3NounB2

[to] speed off; dash

to move away quickly; to set off at speed (colloquial)

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleขโมยkà-mŏoyขโมยkà-mŏoy1[to] steal2thiefก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแล่นlâenแล่นlâen1[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)2[to] run; operate (engine/vehicle); sail3[to] speed off; dashหนีไปnĕe bpaiหนีไปnĕe bpai[to] flee; run away; escape (away)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathซอยsoiซอยsoi1lane; small street2[to] finely slice; shred3classifier for lanes/alleysข้างบ้านkâang bâanข้างบ้านkâang bâan1next door; at the neighboring house2the house/people next door; neighbors3next-door; neighboring (as a modifier)4by the side of the house
As soon as he saw the police, the thief dashed away down the alley beside the house.

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