คำเรียกติดปาก(kam rîiak dtìt bpàak)
Meanings
1NounB2
popular moniker; colloquial term
a commonly used, informal name or term people habitually use for someone or something, not necessarily the official term
Examples
ชื่อเล่นchêuu lênชื่อเล่นchêuu lênnicknameของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectอ้วนûuanอ้วนûuan1fat; plump (animals/objects)2fat; overweight3fat person (colloq.)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]คำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàakคำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàak1popular moniker; colloquial term2genericized label (common parlance)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)ไปแล้วbpai láewไปแล้วbpai láew1[to] have gone; have left; be gone (completed action)2[to] be off now; I'm leaving (announcement)
His nickname is 'Uan' (Fatty), and it has become the name his friends habitually call him.
2NounB2
genericized label (common parlance)
a colloquial label people use broadly for a type or brand, sometimes turning a brand name into the everyday name for the whole category
Examples
คนไทยkon taiคนไทยkon taiThai person; Thai people; Thai nationalเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameบะหมี่กึ่งสำเร็จรูปbà-mèe gèung săm-rèt-rôopบะหมี่กึ่งสำเร็จรูปbà-mèe gèung săm-rèt-rôopinstant noodles (packet or cup)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeมาม่าmaa-mâaมาม่าmaa-mâaMama (brand of instant noodles)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàakคำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàak1popular moniker; colloquial term2genericized label (common parlance)ไม่ว่าจะmâi wâa jàไม่ว่าจะmâi wâa jàno matter whether; regardless ofยี่ห้อyêe hâwยี่ห้อyêe hâw1brand; make; label2brand name (on packaging)อะไรก็ตามà-rai gô dtaamอะไรก็ตามà-rai gô dtaamwhatever; anything
Thais call all instant noodles 'Mama' to the point that it's a colloquial label, regardless of the actual brand.
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คำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàakคำเรียกติดปากkam rîiak dtìt bpàakpopular moniker; colloquial term