ขากรรไกร(kăa-gan-grai)

Meanings

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jaw; jawbone

The jaw: the bone and surrounding structure of the mouth that opens and closes for chewing and speaking.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ปวดbpùuatปวดbpùuat[to] ache; [to] be in painขากรรไกรkăa-gan-graiขากรรไกรkăa-gan-graijaw; jawboneมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเคี้ยวkíaoเคี้ยวkíao1[to] chew2[to] mull over; chew on (figurative)อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
My jaw hurts a lot, I can't really chew food.

Word Breakdown

ขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)Part 1
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กรรไกรgan-graiกรรไกรgan-grai1scissors2คู๋ (classifier for scissors)Part 2
ขากรรไกรkăa-gan-graiขากรรไกรkăa-gan-graijaw; jawbone