คุ้ย(kúi)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] rummage; dig around

to search by moving things around or digging through them in a messy or probing way (e.g., a bag, drawer, trash, soil)

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)คุ้ยkúiคุ้ยkúi1[to] rummage; dig around2[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at3[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)กระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)กุญแจgun-jaeกุญแจgun-jae1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4key (music)แต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yetหาไม่เจอhăa mâi jerหาไม่เจอhăa mâi jer[to] be unable to find [sth]
I rummaged through my bag for the keys but still couldn't find them.
2VerbB1

[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at

to bring up or gather something by scraping, scooping, or clawing with hands, fingers, feet, or a tool (e.g., food, soil, trash; also money/resources figuratively)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ช้อนchónช้อนchón1spoon2[to] scoop; ladle3classifier: spoons (one spoonful)คุ้ยkúiคุ้ยkúi1[to] rummage; dig around2[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at3[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หม้อmôrหม้อmôr1pot; cooking pot2jar; pot (earthen/ceramic)3electric rice cooker (colloquial)4transformer/power supply (slang)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; former
He used a spoon to scoop up rice from the pot for the kids first.
3VerbB2

[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)

to intrusively seek information about someone else’s matters; to poke around (figurative)

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offคุ้ยkúiคุ้ยkúi1[to] rummage; dig around2[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at3[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)เรื่องส่วนตัวrêuuang sùuan dtuuaเรื่องส่วนตัวrêuuang sùuan dtuua1personal matter; private affair2personal business (non-work issue)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่สบายใจmâi sà-baai jaiไม่สบายใจmâi sà-baai jai1uneasy; worried; troubled2[to] feel uneasy/worried (about [sth])
Don’t poke into his personal matters; it makes him uncomfortable.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

เขี่ยkìiaเขี่ยkìia1[to] flick aside; scrape aside lightly2[to] pick at (food)3[to] poke/prod lightly; nudge aside4[to] knock out early (sports, slang)
  • [to] flick aside; scrape aside lightly
  • [to] pick at (food)
  • [to] poke/prod lightly; nudge aside
  • [to] knock out early (sports, slang)
รื้อค้นréu kónรื้อค้นréu kón[to] search [a place] thoroughly; [to] rummage; [to] ransack

[to] search [a place] thoroughly; [to] rummage; [to] ransack

คุ้ยแคะkúi káeคุ้ยแคะkúi káe1[to] pry into [sth]; [to] dig up dirt on [sb]2[to] dig around; [to] rummage; [to] pick at [sth]
  • [to] pry into [sth]; [to] dig up dirt on [sb]
  • [to] dig around; [to] rummage; [to] pick at [sth]
ตะกุยdtà-guiตะกุยdtà-gui1[to] claw; scratch at2[to] scrape/dig about
  • [to] claw; scratch at
  • [to] scrape/dig about
คุ้ยเขี่ยkúi kìiaคุ้ยเขี่ยkúi kìia1[to] rummage; scratch around (in dirt/trash/things)2[to] dredge up (old matters); nitpick3[to] pick at [food]; poke around on a plate
  • [to] rummage; scratch around (in dirt/trash/things)
  • [to] dredge up (old matters); nitpick
  • [to] pick at [food]; poke around on a plate