ลวก
blanch
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- 1 blanch、parboil briefly
- 2 scald
- 3 carelessly、in a cursory manner
This word centers on briefly exposing something to intense heat. It can mean blanching food, being scalded by a hot substance, or—when repeated as ลวก ๆ—doing something hastily and carelessly.
blanch、parboil briefly
Describes briefly putting food in hot water, or pouring hot water over it, without cooking it for a long time.
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ลวกผัก lûak phàk blanch vegetables ลวกผัก details
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ลวกเส้นก่อน lûak sên kɔ̀ɔn Blanch the noodles first. ลวกเส้นก่อน details
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ขอไข่ลวกหนึ่งฟอง khɔ̌ɔ khày lûak nʉ̀ŋ fɔɔŋ I'd like one soft-boiled egg. ขอไข่ลวกหนึ่งฟอง details
scald
Describes hot liquid, oil, steam, or another intense source of heat burning the skin or mouth, especially at the surface.
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มือฉันถูกน้ำร้อนลวก mʉʉ chǎn thùuk náam rɔ́ɔn lûak I scalded my hand with hot water. มือฉันถูกน้ำร้อนลวก details
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ระวังลวกปาก ráwaŋ lûak pàak Be careful not to burn your mouth. ระวังลวกปาก details
carelessly、in a cursory manner
Usually repeated as ลวก ๆ, it describes doing something with too little care, attention, or effort.
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อย่าทำงานลวก ๆ yàa tham ŋaan lûak lûak Don't do the work carelessly. อย่าทำงานลวก ๆ details
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เขาอ่านรายงานลวก ๆ khǎw àan raay ŋaan lûak lûak He read through the report only cursorily. เขาอ่านรายงานลวก ๆ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is brief, surface-level exposure rather than prolonged heating. In cooking, ลวก is used for briefly immersing vegetables, noodles, meat, or other food in hot water. ไข่ลวก refers to an egg cooked only until it remains soft inside. For injuries, the hot substance may be the grammatical subject, as in น้ำร้อนลวกมือ, literally “hot water scalded the hand.” When the injured person is the subject, ถูก is commonly used: ถูกน้ำร้อนลวก, “to be scalded by hot water.” In its figurative adverbial use, the word is normally repeated as ลวก ๆ. It suggests insufficient care or attention, not merely speed.
Usage
It is common in cooking instructions, especially when preparing noodles, vegetables, meat, or soft-boiled eggs. It is also used when describing or warning about scalds from hot water, oil, soup, or steam. The repeated form ลวก ๆ appears when criticizing work, reading, checking, or answering that was done too hastily or carelessly.
Caution
In cooking, ลวก does not imply prolonged boiling like ต้ม. For the figurative meaning “carelessly,” the repeated form ลวก ๆ is standard. It should not be confused with เร็ว, “quickly”: an action can be quick and still careful, whereas ลวก ๆ usually criticizes a lack of care.
Differences from similar words
1 blanch synonyms
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ต้ม means to boil or simmer food in liquid for some time. ลวก emphasizes brief contact with hot water, as in blanching.
2 scald synonyms
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ไหม้ broadly refers to burning, catching fire, or becoming charred. ลวก more often describes a surface injury caused by hot water, oil, steam, or similar heat.
3 carelessly synonyms
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ชุ่ย is a colloquial and often stronger criticism of sloppy, poor-quality work or behavior. ลวก ๆ focuses on something being done hastily or without enough attention.