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àÅ  leeuyM
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1.[used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!"
2.further; beyond; more
3.Loei, a province in northeastern Thailand with a 1995 population of 621,544 (rank 35 of 76)

pronunciation guide
Phonemic ThaiàÅÂ
IPAlɤːj
Royal Thai General Systemloei

1. common Thai word   [adverb]
definition
[used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!"

examples¡çàÅÂgawF leeuyMthus; therefore; so; [colloquial form of] ¨Ö§ 
¨Ñ§àÅÂjangM leeuyMgreatly; quite
©Ñ¹ÃÑ¡à¸Í·ÕèÊØ´àÅÂchanR rakH thuuhrM theeF sootL leeuyM"I love you the most!"
ä´éàÅÂdaiF leeuyMsure; absolutely; definitely; yes I can; of course
µÍ¹¹Õé©Ñ¹ÊºÒ´ÕÁÒ¡àÅÂ
dtaawnM neeH chanR saL baayM deeM maakF leeuyM
I'm feeling really good right now.
ä»ãËé¾é¹àÅÂbpaiM haiF phohnH leeuyMPiss off!
¼ÁäÁèà¢éÒã¨ÇÔ¸Õ¡ÒÃãªé«Í¿µìáÇÃìµÑǹÕéàÅÂ
phohmR maiF khaoF jaiM wiH theeM gaanM chaiH saawf[d]F waae[r]M dtuaaM neeH leeuyM
[more formal] "I can't get the hang of the software."
ÀÃÃÂÒ·Õèà¢ÒäÁèä´éÇÕèáÇÇ¢èÒǤÃÒÇÍÐäÃàÅ µÅÍ´ÂÕèÊÔº¡ÇèÒ»Õ·Õè¼èÒ¹ÁÒ
phanM raH yaaM theeF khaoR maiF daiF weeF waaeoM khaaoL khraaoM aL raiM leeuyM dtaL laawtL yeeF sipL gwaaL bpeeM theeF phaanL maaM
a wife he hadn't seen hide or hair of in over 20 years
ÁÒ¡ æ àÅÂmaakF maakF leeuyMvery very much
ÁÒ¡àÅÂmaakF leeuyMvery much
äÁèÁÕàÅÂmaiF meeM leeuyMnone
äÁèàÅÂmaiF leeuyMnone; not at all
àÂÕèÂÁä»àÅÂ!yiiamF bpaiM leeuyMBrilliant!
ÅÐàÅÂlaH leeuyMto abandon; desert; forsake; neglect
ÅÐàÅÂlaH leeuyMto be remiss; to neglect
»ÅèÍ»ÅÐÅÐàÅÂbplaawyL bplaL laH leeuyMto neglect; abandon; leave; be careless
ËÒ¡ÅÙ¡à»ç¹ä´éµÒÁ»ÃÒö¹Ò ¾èÍáÁè·Ø¡¤¹¨ÐäÁèÍÔ¨©ÒÅÙ¡àÅÂ
haakL luukF bpenM daiF dtaamM bpraatL thaL naaM phaawF maaeF thookH khohnM jaL maiF itL chaaR luukF leeuyM
If their child becomes what (their parents) wish, no parent will ever be jealous of their child.
ËÒàÈÉËÒàÅÂhaaR saehtL haaR leeuyMto pilfer
sample
sentences
¡ÐÅè͹¨ÃÔ§ æ àŹÐàÃÒ!
gaL laawnF jingM jingM leeuyM naH raoM
"You equivocator, you!" — "You sly, you!"
¢¹Á¨Õ¹à¨éÒ¹ÕéÍÃèÍÂÁÒ¡àÅ¡ЫǡÊÒÁªÒÁ
khaL nohmR jeenM jaoF neeH aL raawyL maakF leeuyM gaL suaakF saamR chaamM
"This shop's Chinese noodles are really good; I wolfed down three bowls of the stuff."
à¢Ò¢ÑºÃ¶ä´éäÁèàÅÇàŹÕè
khaoR khapL rohtH daiF maiF laayoM leeuyM neeF
"He doesn’t drive the car badly."
à¢Ò¶ÒÁµèÍÇèÒ "»ÅÍ´ÀÑÂËÃ×ÍäÁè" à¢ÒµÍºÍÂèÒ§äÁèÅѧàÅàÅÂÇèÒ "»ÅÍ´ÀÑÂ"
khaoR thaamR dtaawL waaF bplaawtL phaiM reuuR maiF khaoR dtaawpL yaangL maiF langM laehM leeuyM waaF bplaawtL phaiM
"He further asked, 'Is it safe or not?' To which he answered, without hesitation, 'It is safe.'"
à¢ÒÁÑ¡¨ÐÁÒ»ÃÐÁÒ³ºèÒÂÊÕèâÁ§ Çѹ¹ÕéäÁèä´éÁÒàÅÂ
khaoR makH jaL maaM bpraL maanM baayL seeL mohngM wanM neeH maiF daiF maaM leeuyM
"He usually comes about 4 o’clock; today he hasn’t come at all."
à¢ÒäÁèä´éãËéÍÐäüÁàÅÂ
khaoR maiF daiF haiF aL raiM phohmR leeuyM
"He did not give me anything at all."
¤Ó¶ÒÁ¹Ñé¹·ÓãËéà¢ÒÊÐÍÖ¡ä»àÅÂ
khahmM thaamR nanH thahmM haiF khaoR saL eukL bpaiM leeuyM
"That question did render him speechless."
¤Ô´¶Ö§·Ñ駤ÙèàÅÂ
khitH theungR thangH khuuF leeuyM
"I miss you both."
¤Ø³äÁèà¤ÂºÍ¡©Ñ¹àÅÂÇèÒ Çѹ¹Ñ鹤س¨ÐÁÒ·Õè¹Õè
khoonM maiF kheeuyM baawkL chanR leeuyM waaF wanM nanH khoonM jaL maaM theeF neeF
"You never told me you were coming here."
¤ØÂ¡Ñºá¿¹äÁèÊдǡàÅ áÁèÁÒ¹Ñ觡ѹ·èÒµÅÍ´
khuyM gapL faaenM maiF saL duaakL leeuyM maaeF maaM nangF ganM thaaF dtaL laawtL
"It's really difficult to talk with my girlfriend; her mother always sits with us and obstructs (our conversation)."
⤵Ãà¤çÁàÅÂ!
khoht[r]F khemM leeuyM
[impolite emphasis] "(He's) utterly stingy!"
⤵Ãàº×èÍàÅÂ!
khoht[r]F beuuaL leeuyM
[impolite emphasis] "(I'm) extremely being bored!"
§Ò¹¡èÍÊÃéÒ§â¤Ã§¡ÒùÕéäÁè¤×ºË¹éÒàÅÂ
ngaanM gaawL saangF khrohngM gaanM neeH maiF kheuupF naaF leeuyM
"This construction project is not moving ahead at all!"
§Ò¹¢Í§à¢ÒäÁèà»ç¹·Õè¹èÒ¾Íã¨àÅÂ
ngaanM khaawngR khaoR maiF bpenM theeF naaF phaawM jaiM leeuyM
"His work does not satisfy me at all."
©Ñ¹¡Ô¹àËç´äÁèä´éàÅÂ
chanR ginM hetL maiF daiF leeuyM
"I cannot eat mushrooms at all."
©Ñ¹¹ÐÂѧäÁèàª×è͵ҵÑÇàͧàÅÂ!
chanR naH yangM maiF cheuuaF dtaaM dtuaaM aehngM leeuyM
"I still can't believe my own eyes."
©Ñ¹ÂѧäÁèà¤Âä»àªÕ§ãËÁèàŤèÐ
chanR yangM maiF kheeuyM bpaiM chiiangM maiL leeuyM khaF
[spoken by female] "I haven’t been to Chiang Mai yet."
ªÍºÁÒ¡àŤèÐ
chaawpF maakF leeuyM khaF
[spoken by a female] "Yes, very much."
«Í¿µìáÇÃìµÑǹÕé¼ÁäÁèà¡êµàÅÂ
saawf[d]F waae[r]M dtuaaM neeH phohmR maiF gehtH leeuyM
[less formal] "I can't get the hang of the software."
´Ô©Ñ¹ÂѧäÁèà¤ÂÃѺ»ÃзҹÍÒËÒÃä·ÂàŤèÐ
deeL chanR yangM maiF kheeuyM rapH bpraL thaanM aaM haanR thaiM leeuyM khaF
[spoken very formally by a female] "I still have never had any Thai food."
µ¡ã¨ËÁ´àÅÂ!
dtohkL jaiM mohtL leeuyM
[exclamation] "Gosh! You scared me!"
µ¡ã¨ËÁ´àÅÂ!
dtohkL jaiM mohtL leeuyM
"[an interjection used or said immediately after someone has sneaked up on you] You scared the bejesus (living daylights) out of me!"
¶Ù¡à¼§àÅÂ!
thuukL phaehngR leeuyM
"You hit the nail on the head!" — to get it right
·Ñè§¹ÕéàºÒâËǧàËǧàÅ ¡ä´éʺÒÂÁÒ¡
thangF neeH baoM wohngR waehngR leeuyM yohkH daiF saL baayM maakF
"This anvil is very light; you can easily lift it."
à¸Í¹Õè ªèÒ§äÁèÃÙé¨Ñ¡µÒ¹Ñè¹àÊÕºéÒ§àÅÂ
thuuhrM neeF changF maiF ruuH jakL dtaaM nanF siiaR baangF leeuyM
Listen, you don’t really know that guy at all.
à¸Í¹ÕèÂØè§ªÐÁÑ´ÂÒ´àÅÂ!
thuuhrM neeF yoongF chaH matH yaatF leeuyM
"You are extremely vexing!"
à¸Í¼ÍÁ¡ÐËÃèͧàÅ äÁè¹èÒàª×èÍÇèÒâµ¢Öé¹ÁÒáÅéǨÐÊÇ¢¹Ò´¹Õé
thuuhrM phaawmR gaL raawngL leeuyM maiF naaF cheuuaF waaF dtohM kheunF maaM laaeoH jaL suayR khaL naatL neeH
"You were so skinny (before); it's unbelievable that you are so beatiful now that you are all grown up."
à¸ÍäÁèä´éÂÔ¹àÊÕ§ÍÐäÃàÅÂ
thuuhrM maiF daiF yinM siiangR aL raiM leeuyM
"She can't hear any sound at all."
¹âºÒ»ÃЪҹÔÂÁ¢Í§ÃÑ°ÍØ»¶ÑÁÀìÂѧäÁè¨×´¨Ò§ÃéÒ§ÅÒä»àÅÂ
naH yohM baayM bpraL chaaM niH yohmM khaawngR ratH oopL tham[p]R yangM maiF jeuutL jaangM raangH laaM bpaiM leeuyM
"The populist policies of the welfare state have not yet faded or has been abandoned at all."
ºÒ§Çѹà¢ÒÁÒ»ÃÐÁÒ³à·Õ觺ҧÇѹà¢ÒäÁèÁÒàÅÂ
baangM wanM khaoR maaM bpraL maanM thiiangF baangM wanM khaoR maiF maaM leeuyM
"Sometimes he comes about noon but sometimes he doesn’t come at all."
»Ã¡µÔ¾èÍäÁèà¤Âà¶Õ§áÁè Çѹ¹Õéà¡Ô´à¶Õ§¢Öé¹ÁÒ áÁèà§ç§¾Ù´äÁèÍÍ¡àÅÂ
bprohkL gaL dtiL phaawF maiF kheeuyM thiiangR maaeF wanM neeH geertL thiiangR kheunF maaM maaeF ngengM phuutF maiF aawkL leeuyM
"Usually, my father does not fight with my mother; today, however they did have a fight. My mother was so confused that she could not even utter a single word."
¼Á/©Ñ¹ äÁèàÍÒà¹×éÍÊѵÇìËÃ×ÍÍÒËÒ÷Õè·Ó¨Ò¡¹ÁàÅÂ
phohmR chanR maiF aoM neuuaH sat[w]L reuuR aaM haanR theeF thahmM jaakL nohmM leeuyM
"I don't want any meat or foods that are made with dairy products."
¼Á¤Ô´ÇèÒ ¼ÁäÁèà¤ÂàËç¹Ã¶¤Ñ¹¹Ñé¹·Õè¹ÕèÁÒ¡è͹àÅÂ
phohmR khitH waaF phohmR maiF kheeuyM henR rohtH khanM nanH theeF neeF maaM gaawnL leeuyM
[spoken by a male] "I don’t think that car has ever been here before."
¼Á·ØèÁà·ÊµÔ»Ñ­­Òŧä»ã¹àÃ×èͧ¹Ñé¹äÁèäÁè¹éÍÂàÅÂ
phohmR thoomF thaehM saL dtiL bpanM yaaM lohngM bpaiM naiM reuuangF nanH maiF maiF naawyH leeuyM
"I have dedicated a great deal of my intellect to that issue."
¼Áä»ËÒà¢Ò·ÕèºéÒ¹ËÅÒ¤ÃÑé§áÅéÇ áµèà¢ÒäÁèà¤ÂÍÂÙèàÅÂ
phohmR bpaiM haaR khaoR theeF baanF laayR khrangH laaeoH dtaaeL khaoR maiF kheeuyM yuuL leeuyM
"I have been to his house many times but he is never in."
¼ÙéË­Ô§¤¹¹Ñé¹´Í¡·Í§¨ÃÔ§ æ àÅÂ!
phuuF yingR khohnM nanH daawkL thaawngM jingM jingM leeuyM
"That woman is really a slut."
à¾×è͹¤Ø³ÂѧäÁèàËç¹ÁÒàŤèÐ
pheuuanF khoonM yangM maiF henR maaM leeuyM khaF
[spoken by female] "Your friend has not yet come."
ÀÒáԨÂѧäÁèÅØÅèǧàÅ áÅéǨÐäÁèãËé¼Á͹ҷÃÃé͹ã¨ä´é¡ÃÐäÃàÅèÒ
phaanM gitL yangM maiF looH luaangF leeuyM laaeoH jaL maiF haiF phohmR aL naaM thaawnM raawnH jaiM daiF graL raiM laoF
"How can I be anything but worried when the assignments are still not completed?"
ÁÕËÅÒÂÊÕàŤèÐ ¼éÒá´§¼×¹¹ÕéÊÔ¤Ð...§ÒÁÁÒ¡·Õà´ÕÂÇ
meeM laayR seeR leeuyM khaF phaaF daaengM pheuunR neeH siL khaH ngaamM maakF theeM diaaoM
[spoken by a female] "We have many colours, this red cloth is very good."
àÁ×èͤ׹¹Í¹´Ö¡ àªéÒ¹Õéµ×è¹¢Öé¹ÁÒàÅ¡觡ê§
meuuaF kheuunM naawnM deukL chaaoH neeH dteuunL kheunF maaM leeuyM gohngL gohngH
"Last night I went to bed late but I woke up early this morning so I am walking around in a daze."
àÁ×èͤ׹¹Õé¼Á¹Í¹äÁèËÅѺàÅ Ãé͹ÁÒ¡
meuuaF kheuunM neeH phohmR naawnM maiF lapL leeuyM raawnH maakF
"Last night I could not sleep at all. It was very hot."
áÁè§â¤µÃâÁâËàÅÂ!
maaengF khoht[r]F mohM hohR leeuyM
"Fuck! I am so fucking pissed off!"
áÁéáµè­ÒµÔ¾Õè¹éͧ¢Í§à¢Ò à¢ÒÂѧäÁèªèÇ àÅ ¹Ñº»ÃÐÊÒÍÐäáѺà¾×è͹·ÕèäÁè¤èÍÂʹԷÍÂèÒ§¤Ø³
maaeH dtaaeL yaatF pheeF naawngH khaawngR khaoR khaoR yangM maiF chuayF leeuyM napH bpraL saaR aL raiM gapL pheuuanF theeF maiF khaawyF saL nitL yaangL khoonM
"He won't even help his own flesh and blood, let alone someone like you who is not even his close friend."
áÁèËèǧà¸ÍÁÒ¡ à¡çºäÇéà»ç¹ÊÒǡ鹤ÃÑÇ äÁèä»§Ò¹ä˹¡Ñºã¤ÃàÅÂ
maaeF huaangL thuuhrM maakF gepL waiH bpenM saaoR gohnF khruaaM maiF bpaiM ngaanM naiR gapL khraiM leeuyM
"Mother is very worried about you therefore she is keeping you out of sight; she won’t let you go out to any parties or occasions with anyone at all."
áÁèËǧà¸ÍÁÒ¡à¡çºäÇéà»ç¹ÊÒǡ鹤ÃÑÇ äÁèãËéä»§Ò¹ä˹¡Ñºã¤ÃàÅÂ
maaeF huaangR thuuhrM maakF gepL waiH bpenM saaoR gohnF khruaaM maiF haiF bpaiM ngaanM naiR gapL khraiM leeuyM
"Mother is very jealous of you; she keeps you locked up like a scullery maid and won't let you go out to any parties with anyone at all."
äÁèä´éà¨Í¡Ñ¹¹Ò¹àŹÐà¹ÕèÂ?
maiF daiF juuhrM ganM naanM leeuyM naH niiaF
"Long time no see!"
äÁèµéͧàÅÕéÂǵç¹Õé ¢ÑºµÃ§ä»àÅÂ
maiF dtaawngF liaaoH dtrohngM neeH khapL dtrohngM bpaiM leeuyM
"Don’t turn here; drive straight on."
äÁè¹Ö¡àÅÂÇèÒ ¤¹·Õèà¡Ô´ÁÒã¹á¼è¹´Ô¹ä·Â»Ñ¨¨ØºÑ¹ ¨Ðà¹Ã¤Ø³á¼è¹´Ô¹¶Ôè¹à¡Ô´ä´é¶Ö§¢¹Ò´¹Õé
maiF neukH leeuyM waaF khohnM theeF geertL maaM naiM phaenL dinM thaiM bpatL jooL banM jaL naehnM khoonM phaenL dinM thinL geertL daiF theungR khaL naatL neeH
"I never imagined that those born in Thailand in our times would betray their land of their birth to such an extent."
äÁèÁÕã¤ÃàËç¹à¢ÒàÅÂÇѹ¹Õé
maiF meeM khraiM henR khaoR leeuyM wanM neeH
"Nobody has seen him today."
ÂѧäÁèÃÙéàÅÂ
yangM maiF ruuH leeuyM
"I still don’t know at all."
öàÁÅì·Õè¼ÁÃÍÂѧäÁèâ¼ÅèÁÒ«Ñ¡¤Ñ¹...µéͧÁÕÍØºÑµÔà˵Øá˧ æ àÅÂ
rohtH maeh[l]M theeF phohmR raawM yangM maiF phlohL maaM sakH khanM dtaawngF meeM ooL batL haehtL ngaaeR ngaaeR leeuyM
"The bus I've been waiting for hasn't showed up yet. I bet there must have been an accident."
àÃ×èͧ¹ÕéáÁé¡ÃзÑ觨ФԴ¡çÂѧäÁè¤Ô´àÅÂ
reuuangF neeH maaeH graL thangF jaL khitH gawF yangM maiF khitH leeuyM
"I haven't even thought of it."
Çѹ¹ÕéÍÒ¡ÒÈ⤵ÃÃé͹àÅÂ
wanM neeH aaM gaatL khoht[r]F raawnH leeuyM
"It's so f**ing hot today!"
ËÁ͹ÕèäÁèãªèÂèÍÂàŹÐà¹ÕèÂ!
maawR neeF maiF chaiF yaawyF leeuyM naH niiaF
"That guy is a force to be reckoned with!"
ËÁÒäÁè¡Ô¹¢éÒÇàÅ ©Ñ¹äÁèÃÙéÇèÒÁѹà»ç¹ÍÐäÃ
maaR maiF ginM khaaoF leeuyM chanR maiF ruuH waaF manM bpenM aL raiM
"The dog won’t eat at all. I don’t know what is the matter with him."
ÍÂèÒÁÒ·Óà»ç¹ÊÓÍÍÂ˹èÍÂàÅÂ!
yaaL maaM thahmM bpenM sahmR aawyM naawyL leeuyM
"Don't try to be imploring me!"
ÍÒËÒùÕéäÁèÍÃèÍÂàÅ ËÇÒ¹à¡Ô¹¾Í´Õ
aaM haanR neeH maiF aL raawyL leeuyM waanR geernM phaawM deeM
"This food is not very nice, it is too sweet."
àÍÒàÅÂ
aoM leeuyM
[after haggling over an item] "I'll (finally, definitely) take it."
2.   [adverb]
definition
further; beyond; more

exampleàÅÂä»leeuyM bpaiMfurther; beyond
3.   [proper noun, geographical]
definition
Loei, a province in northeastern Thailand with a 1995 population of 621,544 (rank 35 of 76)

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