for the Thai language
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| บ่ายเบี่ยง baaiL biiangL |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บ่าย-เบี่ยง |
| IPA | bàːj bìːaŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | bai biang |
| [verb, intransitive] | |||
| definition | to equivocate; evade; avoid; dodge | ||
| components | บ่าย  | baaiL | [of, for example, the sun] to decline, to veer, to turn, to waver or bend; to avoid; to deviate |
| เบี่ยง | biiangL | to detour, divert, evade, or turn | |
| synonyms | เบี่ยงบ่าย | biiangL baaiL | to equivocate; evade; avoid; dodge |
| เลี่ยง | liiangF | to evade or sneak away; to skirt; to elude; to dodge; to parry | |
| sample sentences | พ่อบ่ายเบี่ยงไม่ยอมรับว่าไปกินเหล้ากับเพื่อนมา เพราะกลัวแม่จะโกรธ phaawF baaiL biiangL maiF yaawmM rapH waaF bpaiM ginM laoF gapL pheuuanF maaM phrawH gluaaM maaeF jaL gro:htL "My father became evasive and refused to admit that he went drinking with his friends because he was afraid that my mother would be angry." | ||