ย่อ
shorten
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- 1 shorten、reduce、summarize、abbreviate
- 2 bend down、stoop、lower oneself
- 3 shortened、abbreviated、abridged、reduced
ย่อ is about making something smaller, shorter, or lower in a useful form. With text it means to summarize or abbreviate, with images or size it means to reduce, and with the body it means to bend or stoop down.
shorten、reduce、summarize、abbreviate
This sense means to make text, speech, an image, or a size shorter or smaller, often keeping the essential content when summarizing.
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ย่อสัดส่วน yɔ̂ɔ sàt sùan Scale it down. ย่อสัดส่วน details
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เขียนโดยย่อ khǐan dooy yɔ̂ɔ write briefly เขียนโดยย่อ details
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ย่อขนาดรูปภาพ yɔ̂ɔ khanàat rûup phâap Resize the image to a smaller size. ย่อขนาดรูปภาพ details
bend down、stoop、lower oneself
This sense means to lower the body or posture. It is especially common in the phrase ย่อตัว, meaning to bend down, crouch slightly, or stoop.
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ย่อตัวลง yɔ̂ɔ tua loŋ bend down ย่อตัวลง details
shortened、abbreviated、abridged、reduced
Used after a noun, ย่อ can describe something as shortened, reduced, abbreviated, or abridged. It is most useful to learn in fixed expressions.
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เรื่องย่อ rʉ̂aŋ yɔ̂ɔ synopsis เรื่องย่อ details
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ประวัติย่อ prawàt yɔ̂ɔ resume; brief biography ประวัติย่อ details
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ฉบับย่อ chabàp yɔ̂ɔ abridged version ฉบับย่อ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core idea of ย่อ is making something large, long, or high into a smaller, shorter, or lower form that is easier to handle. With writing, it means keeping the key points and making the text shorter. With images, files, or dimensions, it means reducing size. With the body, it means lowering your posture. Common expressions include ย่อขนาด “reduce the size,” ย่อความ “summarize,” โดยย่อ “briefly,” ย่อตัว “bend down,” เรื่องย่อ “synopsis,” and ตัวย่อ “abbreviation.” ย่อหน้า is an important related word meaning “paragraph.”
Usage
This word is common in school, work, and everyday situations. It is used when summarizing reports or articles, reducing the size of images or files, talking about a book or movie synopsis, and describing the action of lowering your body, such as for a photo or to avoid something.
Caution
ย่อ does not simply mean “delete.” For deleting, use ลบ; for omitting or leaving something out, words like ละ, เว้น, or ตัดออก are often more appropriate. The dictionary sense “to round off corners” exists, but it is specialized and not a priority for most learners.
Differences from similar words
1 shorten synonyms
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ลด is a broad word for decreasing an amount, level, price, or height. ย่อ more specifically suggests reducing the form or length, and commonly goes with text, images, and abbreviations.
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สรุป focuses on drawing out the main points or conclusion. ย่อ focuses on making something shorter or smaller, so it can apply not only to summaries but also to image or file size.
2 bend down synonyms
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ก้ม is commonly used for lowering the head or upper body forward. ย่อ suggests lowering the body as a whole, often by bending the knees slightly.