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| ลับ lapH |  |
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| 1. | ลับ | lapH | confidential; secret; private; hidden |
| 2. | ลับ | lapH | to fade; die away; vanish; disappear; dissolve; wane |
| 3. | ลับมีด | lapH meetF | to sharpen a knife |
| 4. | ลับ | lapH | to hone; to sharpen; to whet |
| 5. | ลับ | lapH | [usually followed by  ตา  ] to be out of sight |
| 6. | ความลับ | khwaamM lapH | a secret |
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| Phonemic Thai | ลับ |
| IPA | láp |
| Royal Thai General System | lap |
| 1. [adjective] | |||
| definition | confidential; secret; private; hidden | ||
| examples | ตำรวจลับ | dtamM ruaatL lapH | the secret police |
| เคล็ดลับ | khletH lapH | a secret trick or technique, secret, secret machanism, secret key | |
| การตกลงลับ | gaanM dtohkL lohngM lapH | deal | |
| แผนลับ | phaaenR lapH | plot | |
| สายลับ | saaiR lapH | a spy | |
| ลับเฉพาะ | lapH chaL phawH | exclusively secret or confidential | |
| ลับลมคมใน | lapH lohmM khohmM naiM | [see ทะแม่ง] | |
| ทางลับ | thaangM lapH | secret passageway; hidden passage | |
| ที่ลับ | theeF lapH | [fig.] private parts; genitals | |
| ที่ลับ | theeF lapH | [lit.] a secret, private, or hidden place | |
| ลับหลัง | lapH langR | behind; behind one's back; hidden | |
| ลับ ๆ ล่อ ๆ | lapH lapH laawF laawF | [is] stealthy; sneaky; furtive; secret | |
| ลับ ๆ ล่อ ๆ | lapH lapH laawF laawF | furtively; sneakily; stealthily | |
| รหัสลับ | raH hatL lapH | secret code | |
| ลับแล | lapH laaeM | screen; partition | |
| เร้นลับ | renH lapH | [is] mysterious; unknown; hidden | |
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หน้าไหว้หลังหลอกหมายความว่า ต่อหน้ากระทำอย่างหนึ่งลับหลังทำอีกอย่างหนึ่ง. naaF waiF langR laawkL maaiR khwaamM waaF dtaawL naaF graL thamM yaangL neungL lapH langR thamM eekL yaangL neungL "To be hypocritical means that, in front of someone’s face, you do (or say) one thing but behind their back, you do (or say) another." | |||
การเลือกตั้งสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎรให้ใช้วิธีออกเสียงลงคะแนนโดยตรงและลับ gaanM leuuakF dtangF saL maaM chikH saL phaaM phuuF thaaenM raatF saL daawnM haiF chaiH wiH theeM aawkL siiangR lohngM khaH naaenM dooyM dtrohngM laeH lapH "The election of members of the House of Representatives shall be by direct suffrage and secret ballot." | |||
| 2. [verb] | |||
| definition | to fade; die away; vanish; disappear; dissolve; wane | ||
| examples | ลับลวงพราง | lapH luaangM phraangM | “disguise, deceive, conceal”; (Gen. Anupong Boonyaratkalin’s avowed military strategy) |
| ลับลวงพราง | lapH luaangM phraangM | "Secrets, Trickery, and Camouflage" (name of a series of books by Watsana Nanuam) | |
| หายลับไป | haaiR lapH bpaiM | to disappear | |
| sample sentence | เขาจะเห็นตานั่งสูบยาเส้น พร้อมกับสีซอยามตะวันใกล้ลับยอดยาง khaoR jaL henR dtaaM nangF suupL yaaM senF phraawmH gapL seeR saawM yaamM dtaL wanM glaiF lapH yaawtF yaangM "He would see his grandfather sitting and smoking while at the same time he would play his fiddle while the sun set over the top of the rubber trees." | ||
| 3. ลับมีด lapH meetF [verb] | |||
| definition | to sharpen a knife | ||
| 4. [verb, transitive, intransitive] | |||
| definition | to hone; to sharpen; to whet | ||
| synonym | กรีด | greetL | to whet; sharpen |
| examples | ปัญหาลับสมอง | bpanM haaR lapH saL maawngR | a riddle |
| หินลับมีด | hinR lapH meetF | whetstone | |
| 5. [verb, transitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [usually followed by ตา ] to be out of sight | ||
| examples | ล่วงลับ | luaangF lapH | [a common term for all and euphemism for] to die; to be deceased (late); to pass away |
| ลับตา | lapH dtaaM | [is] beyond eyesight; out of sight; not visible | |
| ยามตะวันลับดวง | yaamM dtaL wanM lapH duaangM | sunset | |
| 6. ความลับ khwaamM lapH [noun] | |||
| definition | a secret | ||
| classifier | เรื่อง | reuuangF | [numerical classifier for dreams, stories, narratives] |
| examples | ล้วงความลับ | luaangH khwaamM lapH | to spy |
| ผู้เข้าไปสืบความลับ | phuuF khaoF bpaiM seuupL khwaamM lapH | a spy | |
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แม้จะถูกฝ่ายตรงข้ามจับไปอดอาหารและเฆี่ยนตี เขาก็จะไม่บอกความลับของชาติ maaeH jaL thuukL faaiL dtrohngM khaamF japL bpaiM ohtL aaM haanR laeH khiianF dteeM khaoR gaawF jaL maiF baawkL khwaamM lapH khaawngR chaatF "Even though he was captured by his opponents and was beaten and starved, he refused to divulge state secrets." | |||
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