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ยัง

yangadverb

still

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1adv.

still; yetwiktionary

2adv.

not yetwiktionary

3adv.

also; too; as well; but alsocurated

4v.

to stay; remainwiktionary

Less common senses (6)
5v.

to be; have; exist; be alive; live; survivewiktionary

6prep.

to; towardswiktionary

7prep.

up to; until; throughwiktionary

8v.

to cause to stay or remain; maintain; retain; keep upwiktionary

9v.

to cause; make; bring about; result inwiktionary

10n.

alternative form of อย่าง, meaning style or mannerwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

แต่ทำไมยังจำได้ว่า วันนี้เคยไปเชียงใหม่ด้วยกัน

But somehow I still remember that today is the day we went to Chiang Mai together.

Jiji · สระบุรีfrom คนเก่า

แต่เพื่อนคนนี้ยังโพสต์รูปเขาอยู่เรื่อยๆ

But this friend still posts photos of him.

Jiji · สระบุรีfrom คนเก่า

Built from

From Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (“alive”) or Middle Chinese 仍 (MC nying, “still”). Cognate with Zhuang nyaengz (“alive; still”). Related to the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1. Probably a semantic extension of the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words built from it

ยัง inside longer words
ยังชีพto maintain the life
ยัง (yang) — Thai–English Dictionary · Phasa