pleasing

/ˈpliːzɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpliːzɪŋ/

pleasing

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

plea - sing -> pleasing

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နှစ်လိုဖွယ်ရာဖြစ်သော။ သာယာသော။ (v[ing]) ကျေနပ်စေ

Full entry

please /pli:z/ v

၁။ ကျေနပ်စေသည်။ It's difficult to please everybody. ❍ Our main aim is to please the customers. ❍ He's a very hard/ difficult man to please. ❍ There's no pleasing some people (ie some people are impossible to please).
၂။ (fml ) (က) ကြိုက်သလောက်။ You may stay as long as you please. (ခ) ကြိုက်သလို။ စိတ်ရှိတိုင်း။ You can't always do exactly as you please. ❍ That child behaves just as he pleases. ❍ She has so much money she can buy anything she pleases.
interj
၁။ (က) ကျေးဇူးပြု၍။ ကျေးဇူးပြုပါ။ တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ Please come in. ❍ Come in, please. ❍ Two cups of coffee, please. ❍ Tickets,please. ❍ Quiet, please!
(ခ) (မေတ္တာရပ်ခံချက်၊ တောင်းဆိုချက်တစ်ရပ်ကို ပိုမိုလေးနက်စေရန် သုံးသည်။ ) ကျေးဇူးပြု၍။ ဟုတ်ပြီလား။ ဆို။ နော်။ Please don't leave me here alone! ❍ Please, please, don't be late! ❍ Please, I don't understand what I have to do! ❍ Children, please! I'm trying to work.
၂။ (infml) မှန်ပါ့။ ဟုတ်လိုက်လေ။ ဟုတ်ပါ့။ ‘Do you want some help?’ ‘Please!’
❏ if you please [IDM ]
၁။ (fml or dated ) ကျေးဇူးပြု၍။ Come this way, if you please.
၂။ (dated esp Brit ) (စိတ်ဆိုးကြောင်းပြရန်) ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ သည်းခံပါ။ And now, if you please, I've got to rewrite the whole report! ❍ He says the food isn't hot enough, if you please!
❏ pleased adj
၁။ ~ (with sb/ sth) ကျေနပ်အားရ [သော]။ Your mother will be very pleased (with you). ❍ Are you pleased with your new house? ❍ (sometimes derog ) He looks rather pleased with himself (ie pleased with what he has done).
၂။ ~ to do sth ဝမ်းသာ[သော]။ I was very pleased to be able to help. ❍ We were pleased to hear the news. ❍ (fml ) Pleased/ I'm pleased to meet you (ie said when being introduced to sb). ❍ (fml )Thank you for your invitation, which I am very pleased to accept.
❏ (as) pleased as Punch [IDM ] အလွန့်အလွန် ကျေနပ် လျက်။ အကျေနပ်ကြီးကျေနပ်လျက်။
❏ please God [IDM ] ဘုရားသခင် စောင်မပါ။ ဘုရားသခင် အလိုတော်အတိုင်း။ Please God, things will start to improve soon.
❏ please yourself [IDM ] (ငေါ့သောအားဖြင့်)။ ကြိုက်တာ လုပ်။ သဘောပဲ။ ‘I don't want to come for a walk. ’ ‘Please yourself. ’
❏ pleasing adj ~ (to sb/ sth) နှစ်လိုဖွယ်ရာဖြစ်သော။ သာယာသော။ a pleasing colour scheme/ shape ❍ music that is pleasing to the ear ❍ The results are pleasing to both of us.
❏ pleasingly adv သာယောင့်သာယာ။ a pleasingly relaxed atmosphere.
❏ yes, please [IDM ] ဟုတ်ကဲ့ ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။ ‘Would you like some coffee/ a lift?’ ‘ Yes, please. ’

More examples

Would you help me with these bags, please?
Could I have change for a pound, please?
Can you tell me how much this costs, please?
Please stop making all that noise!
‘Do you mind if we come in?’ ‘Please do.’
Please note that there will be no class next Thursday.
Billy, please! I’m warning you!
[yes, please] : ‘Would you like some more coffee?’ ‘Yes, please.’
‘Why don’t you join a gym?’ ‘At my age? Oh, please!’

Synonyms

satisfy, gratify, give pleasure to, make happy, delight, make somebody's day, thrill, entertain, amuse, be inclined, charm, cheer, choose, command, content, demand, desire, enchant, fill the bill, gladden, go over big, grab, hit the spot, humor, indulge, kill, like, make the grade, opt, overjoy, prefer, score, see fit, suit, sweep off feet, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, turn on, want, will, wish, wow

Antonyms

anger, annoy, be unwilling, bore, deny, depress, despise, disappoint, disenchant, dislike, displease, dissuade, disturb, frustrate, hate, offend, refuse, repulse, tire, upset, worry