ไถล
tà-lăiMeanings
1VerbA2
[to] slip; slide
To lose your footing and move along a surface, often by accident; or to move smoothly over a surface.
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เหยียบyìiapเหยียบyìiap1[to] step on; tread on2[to] press (a pedal) with the foot3[to] crush/flatten underfoot4[to] reach (a speed of)พื้นpéunพื้นpéun1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3plain; unpatterned4basis; level; background (figurative)5background (color/pattern)ลื่นlêunลื่นlêun1slippery; slick2[to] be slippery; slide3smooth; seamless (process/experience)4slick; glib (speech/behavior)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ไถลtà-lăiไถลtà-lăi1[to] slip; slide2[to] digress; evade the pointไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyนิดหน่อยnít nòiนิดหน่อยnít nòi1a little; a bit2a small amount
I stepped on a slippery floor and slid a little.
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Wet shoes made me slide down the stairs and almost fall.
The kids sat on boards and slid down the dirt slope happily.
รถrótเสียsĭiaการยึดเกาะgaan yéut gòและláeไถลtà-lăiไปตามbpai dtaamถนนtà-nŏnเปียกbpìiakจนjonชนchonขอบทางkòp taang
The car lost traction and slid along the wet road until it hit the curb.
2VerbB2
[to] digress; evade the point
To move away from the main subject when speaking, often to avoid answering directly.
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พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ถามtăamถามtăam[to] ask; inquireเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)เงินngernเงินngern1money2silver (metal)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerยืมyeumยืมyeum1[to] borrow [sth]2[to] borrow [an idea, style, etc.]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; she; him; her2they; them (context-dependent)3horn4mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerไถลtà-lăiไถลtà-lăi1[to] slip; slide2[to] digress; evade the pointไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyพูดpôotพูดpôot[to] speak; talk; sayเรื่องงานrêuuang ngaanเรื่องงานrêuuang ngaanwork matters; businessแทนtaenแทนtaen1instead; rather2[to] replace; substitute for3in place of; on behalf of
When I asked about the money he had borrowed, he dodged the question and talked about work instead.
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แทนที่จะtaen têe jàตอบdtòpว่าwâaทำไมtam maiโครงการkrohng gaanถึงtĕungล่าช้าlâa cháaผู้รับผิดชอบpôo ráp pìt chôpกลับglàpไถลtà-lăiไปbpaiพูดถึงpôot tĕungผลงานpŏn ngaanที่ผ่านมาtêe pàan maa
Instead of answering why the project was delayed, the person in charge sidestepped the question and talked about past achievements.
เมื่อmêuuaถูกtòokถามถึงtăam tĕungงบประมาณngóp-bprà-maanผู้บริหารpôo bor-rí-hăanพยายามpá-yaa-yaamพูดpôotไถลtà-lăiไปbpaiเรื่องrêuuangความสำเร็จkwaam săm-rètของkŏngองค์กรong gonจนjonผู้สื่อข่าวpôo sèu kàaoต้องdtôngถามtăamคำถามkam tăamเดิมdermซ้ำsámอีกครั้งèek kráng
When asked about the budget, the executive tried to steer the conversation toward the organization's successes, forcing the reporter to repeat the question.