กระบือ(grà-beuua)
Meanings
1NounB1
water buffalo (formal)
A water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); a formal or literary term for ควายควายkwaai1water buffalo2fool; idiot (insult) (kwaai).
Examples
ชาวนาchaao naaชาวนาchaao naarice farmerใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]กระบือgrà-beuuaกระบือgrà-beuua1water buffalo (formal)2(derogatory) idiot; stupid personไถนาtăi naaไถนาtăi naa[to] plough a paddy field; till a rice fieldในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerly
Farmers used water buffaloes to plow fields in the old days.
2NounB2
(derogatory) idiot; stupid person
A derogatory insult likening someone to a buffalo; less common and milder-sounding than the vulgar slang ควายควายkwaai1water buffalo2fool; idiot (insult) (kwai).
Examples
สอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ตั้งdtângตั้งdtâng1[to] set up; establish; found2[to] appoint; nominate3[to] put aside; save (money)4[to] aim; focus (eyes, mind)5classifier: sets; collections; installations6[to] set; fix (value, rule, goal)7[to] place upright; stand; erect8stack; pile; bundle9as much as; as many asหลายรอบlăai rôpหลายรอบlăai rôp1many times; several times; repeatedly2many rounds; many lapsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ทำผิดtam pìtทำผิดtam pìt1[to] do wrong; make a mistake2[to] commit an offense; break a rule/lawอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)เจ้านี่jâo nêeเจ้านี่jâo nêe1this one; this guy/gal/thing (informal)2this thing (informal)3this person; this guy (informal)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingกระบือgrà-beuuaกระบือgrà-beuua1water buffalo (formal)2(derogatory) idiot; stupid personจริงๆjing jingจริงๆjing jing1really; truly; actually; indeed2[!] really?!; seriously?!
I've taught you so many times and you still make mistakes. You really are a blockhead!
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กระบือgrà-beuuaกระบือgrà-beuuawater buffalo (formal)