Indirect expressions are popular in the Dai society, and the change of the vowel position and the transferred meaning are the two ways which have their unique functions.

• 傣族社会,语言普遍使用间接表达形式,傣语间接表达形式有切语和转义两种方式。 傣语间接表达形式具有一般语言表达形式不可替代的特殊功能。