ยับยั้ง

Thai

Etymology

ยับ (yáp, to keep) + ยั้ง (yáng, to stop, to halt, to pause; to wait, to delay; etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicยับยั้ง
yɓyˆŋ
Phonemicยับ-ยั้ง
yɓyˆŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyáp-yáng
Royal Instituteyap-yang
(standard) IPA(key)/jap̚˦˥.jaŋ˦˥/

Verb

ยับยั้ง (yáp-yáng) (abstract noun การยับยั้ง)

  1. (law, politics) to veto.
  2. to restrain, to hold, to withhold, to suppress, to prevent, to hinder, to debar; to put off, to defer, to delay.
  3. (somewhat archaic) to stop and wait; to stay; to remain.

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • ยับยั้งชั่งใจ
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