ขี้ขโมย

kêe kà-mooi

Meanings

1NounB1

thievish; prone to stealing

Describes a person who has a habit of or tendency to steal things.

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatอย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoนิสัยní-săiนิสัยní-săi1habit2character; disposition3temper; behavioral trait (good/bad)ขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooiขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooi1thievish; prone to stealing2thief (derogatory)
Mom told me not to play with that kid because he has a habit of stealing.
2NounB1

thief (derogatory)

A person who habitually steals; a pilferer. This term is often used as an insult.

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)ขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooiขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooi1thievish; prone to stealing2thief (derogatory)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ได้แล้วdâai láewได้แล้วdâai láewgot it; done; now possible
The police have already caught that thief.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ขี้kêeขี้kêe1feces; excrement; poop2dirty residue; scale; crust3prefix showing a negative/excessive traitPart 1
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ขโมยkà-mŏoyขโมยkà-mŏoy1[to] steal2thiefPart 2
ขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooiขี้ขโมยkêe kà-mooithievish; prone to stealing