No. 164 in Thai
กลาง
"Middle" or "center."
In a sentence
เขานั่งอยู่กลางห้องประชุม
He is sitting in the middle of the meeting room.
The word 'กลาง' is used to indicate a physical center or middle of a location.
เหตุการณ์นี้เกิดขึ้นกลางดึก
This event happened in the middle of the night.
The word 'กลาง' is used to refer to a temporal midpoint, specifically during the night.
เขาเป็นคนที่เรียบง่ายและอยู่กลางระหว่างสองสุดขั้ว
He is a simple person and remains in the middle between two extremes.
The word 'กลาง' is used metaphorically to denote a moderating or central position between ideas or extremes.
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