ขี้ประหม่า(kêe bprà-màa)
Meanings
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easily nervous; timid
Tending to be easily nervous, timid, or self-conscious, especially in front of others or in new situations
Examples
ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleขี้ประหม่าkêe bprà-màaขี้ประหม่าkêe bprà-màaeasily nervous; timidเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutหน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7faceชั้นเรียนchán riianชั้นเรียนchán riian1class; lesson; course session2class/group of students3class level; grade/year
When I was young, I was a nervous person when having to speak in front of the class.
Word Breakdown
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ขี้ประหม่าkêe bprà-màaขี้ประหม่าkêe bprà-màaeasily nervous; timid