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| ซอย saawyM |  |
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| 1. | Soi; lane; side street; alley |
| 2. | [numerical classifier for small street or alleys] |
| 3. | to pare down; to snip or trim in small amounts |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ซอย |
| IPA | sɔːj |
| Royal Thai General System | soi |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | Soi; lane; side street; alley | ||
| notes | This Thai word "soi" is used transliterally in English sentences by English-speakers in Thailand. | ||
| classifiers | ซอย  | saawyM | [numerical classifier for small street or alleys] |
| ตรอก | dtraawkL | [numerical classifier for alley, lane, narrow path] | |
| related words | กรอก | graawkL | lane; side street |
| ซ. | saehnM siiatF | [abbreviation for ซอย ] Soi | |
ซอกซอย | saawkF saawyM | lanes; alleys; footways | |
| ตรอก | dtraawkL | alley; lane; narrow path | |
| examples | ปากซอย | bpaakL saawyM | entrance to the alley |
| ซอยรื่นฤดี | saawyM reuunF reuH deeM | Soi Rune Rudee | |
| ซอกซอย | saawkF saawyM | lanes; alleys; footways | |
| ซอยตัน | saawyM dtanM | blind alley; street with no exit | |
| sample sentences | |||
เมื่อสิบกว่าปีก่อน ภรรยาผมมาบอกว่ามีบ้านจัดสรรที่อยู่ลึกเข้าไปในซอยเจ้าของรู้จักกันกำลังร้อนเงิน meuuaF sipL gwaaL bpeeM gaawnL phanM raH yaaM phohmR maaM baawkL waaF meeM baanF jatL sanR theeF yuuL leukH khaoF bpaiM naiM saawyM jaoF khaawngR ruuH jakL ganM gamM langM raawnH ngernM "More than ten years ago, my wife told me that there was a tract house down our Soi; the owner was hard-up for money." | |||
สมัยเด็ก ๆเท่ากับลูกชายตอนนี้ ผมเคยวิ่งเล่นแทบทุกซอกทุกซอยของหมู่บ้าน saL maiR dekL dekL thaoF gapL luukF chaaiM dtaawnM neeH phohmR kheeuyM wingF lenF thaaepF thookH saawkF thookH saawyM khaawngR muuL baanF "When I was a child, just like young boys of today, I used to run up and down almost every street, nook and cranny of the village." | |||
| as a prefix | ซอยอารีย์ | saawyM aaM reeM | Aree [name of a Soi] |
| 2. [classifier] | |||
| definition | [numerical classifier for small street or alleys] | ||
| enumerated nouns | ซอย | saawyM | Soi; lane; side street; alley |
| ซอยตัน | saawyM dtanM | blind alley; street with no exit | |
| 3. [verb] | |||
| definition | to pare down; to snip or trim in small amounts | ||
| synonyms | แบ่งย่อย | baengL yaawyF | to subdivide; to separate into pieces |
| แยกย่อย | yaaekF yaawyF | to subdivide | |
| examples | ซอยผม | saawyM phohmR | to trim the hair |
| สระซอย | saL raL saawyM | shampoo and trim (hair) | |
| ซอยเท้า | saawyM thaaoH | to tap one's feet; take short steps | |
| sample sentence | จริง ๆ เขาควรจะซอยผืนนาให้เป็นสองหรือสามแปลงเล็ก ๆ โดยทำคันดินตัดผ่าน jingM jingM khaoR khuaanM jaL saawyM pheuunR naaM haiF bpenM saawngR reuuR saamR bplaaengM lekH lekH dooyM thamM khanM dinM dtatL phaanL "Truth be known, he should have cut his fields into two or three smaller portions by building an earthen dike through [the field]." | ||
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