โยก

yôhk

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] shake; rock; sway

to move back and forth or side to side; to cause something to wobble or sway

Examples

ลมแรงlom raengลมแรงlom raeng1strong wind; high wind2windy; very windy; strong-wind conditionsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)โยกyôhkโยกyôhk1[to] shake; rock; sway2[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate3[to] loosen; wobble; make unstableไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round trip
The strong wind makes the trees sway back and forth.
2NounB1

[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate

to move [sb] to a different job, role, or place; to be reassigned or relocated

Examples

ปีหน้าbpee nâaปีหน้าbpee nâanext yearเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)โยกyôhkโยกyôhk1[to] shake; rock; sway2[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate3[to] loosen; wobble; make unstableไปทำงานbpai tam ngaanไปทำงานbpai tam ngaan[to] go to workสาขาเชียงใหม่săa-kăa chiiang màiสาขาเชียงใหม่săa-kăa chiiang màiChiang Mai branch (of a company, bank, etc.)
Next year he might be moved to work at the Chiang Mai branch.
3NounB2

[to] loosen; wobble; make unstable

to become or make something not firmly fixed so it wobbles or can be moved easily

Examples

โต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)ไม่เท่ากันmâi tâo ganไม่เท่ากันmâi tâo ganunequal; uneven; not the sameพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)แก้วน้ำgâew náamแก้วน้ำgâew náamdrinking glass; tumblerแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)โยกyôhkโยกyôhk1[to] shake; rock; sway2[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate3[to] loosen; wobble; make unstableง่ายngâaiง่ายngâai1easy; simple2easily; readily3straightforward; uncomplicatedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
This table’s legs are uneven; when you put a glass on it, it wobbles easily.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

โยกย้ายyôhk yáaiโยกย้ายyôhk yáai1[to] transfer; reassign; relocate2[to] sway; rock
  • [to] transfer; reassign; relocate
  • [to] sway; rock
ย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move house
  • [to] move; relocate
  • [to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)
  • [to] move house
คลอนklonคลอนklon1loose; slightly wobbly2[to] wobble/shift due to looseness3unstable; shaky (incl. figurative)
  • loose; slightly wobbly
  • [to] wobble/shift due to looseness
  • unstable; shaky (incl. figurative)
แกว่งgwàengแกว่งgwàeng1[to] swing; sway2[to] wave; brandish
  • [to] swing; sway
  • [to] wave; brandish
ส่ายsàaiส่ายsàai1[to] swing/wave (object) side to side2[to] shake; sway side to side3[to] shake one’s head (no)
  • [to] swing/wave (object) side to side
  • [to] shake; sway side to side
  • [to] shake one’s head (no)