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Hold back (keep someone from leaving) in Thai

“Hold back (keep someone from leaving)” in Thai is รั้งráng.

รั้ง ráng

to hold someone back (from leaving) verb

  • ráng high
  • High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

You'll hear it in Dust (ทางของฝุ่น).

How to use it

รั้งráng is pulling someone back, usually with ไว้wái, to keep them where they are: a lover who wants to leave, a friend heading home too early. Hanging on to something that's ending, a relationship or a life in hospital, is ยื้อyúue. In a league table, รั้งท้ายráng táai, "hold the tail", is to be in last place. Holding back tears is another word: กลั้นน้ำตาglân náam-dtaa.

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

  • rung
  • rang wai
  • rung wai

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