คุ้ยเขี่ย(kúi kìia)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] rummage; scratch around (in dirt/trash/things)
To search messily by scratching and poking around, like a chicken foraging for food; to rummage through dirt, trash, or scattered items.
Examples
ไก่gàiไก่gài1chicken (animal)2chicken (meat)3naive/green (slang)4chicken (Thai letter name)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofคุ้ยเขี่ยkúi 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 plateหาอาหารhăa aa-hăanหาอาหารhăa aa-hăan[to] look for food; [to] forageในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สนามหญ้าsà-năam yâaสนามหญ้าsà-năam yâa1lawn; grassy yard2grass pitch; turf field
The chicken is scratching around for food in the yard.
2VerbB2
[to] dredge up (old matters); nitpick
To persistently bring up past issues, old stories, or minor faults in a negative or provocative way.
Examples
เลิกlêrkเลิกlêrk1[to] stop; cease; quit2[to] break up; separate3[to] cancel; abolish; discontinue4[to] give up; quit (a habit)5[to] end; be over (class/work/event)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 plateเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesเก่าๆgào gàoเก่าๆgào gàoold; oldish (reduplicated)ได้แล้วdâai láewได้แล้วdâai láewgot it; done; now possibleมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingจบjòpจบjòp1[to] end; be over2[to] complete; finish (an activity/task)3[to] graduate4finished; over; done5[to] drop it; end (discussion/argument)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)นานแล้วnaan láewนานแล้วnaan láewa long time ago
Stop digging up old stories. It's been over for a long time.
3VerbB2
[to] pick at [food]; poke around on a plate
To move food around without really eating; to eat fussily or half-heartedly, as when one is not hungry or is picky.
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)มักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)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 plateอาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossผักpàkผักpàk1CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)2vegetable(s)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotไม่ชอบmâi chôpไม่ชอบmâi chôp[to] dislike [sth/sb]; [to] not like [sth/sb]
Children often pick at their food when they see vegetables they don't like.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สืบเสาะsèup sòสืบเสาะsèup sò[to] investigate; inquire into; search out (carefully)
[to] investigate; inquire into; search out (carefully)
คุ้ยkúiคุ้ยkúi1[to] rummage; dig around2[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at3[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)
- [to] rummage; dig around
- [to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at
- [to] pry into; nose around (fig.)
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]
ขุดคุ้ยkùt kúiขุดคุ้ยkùt kúi1[to] dig up [sth]; rummage through [sth]2[to] dredge up [sth]; dig up dirt on [sb]
- [to] dig up [sth]; rummage through [sth]
- [to] dredge up [sth]; dig up dirt on [sb]
คุ้ยหาkúi hăaคุ้ยหาkúi hăa[to] rummage for [sth]; [to] search through
[to] rummage for [sth]; [to] search through
Word Breakdown
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คุ้ยเขี่ยkúi kìiaคุ้ยเขี่ยkúi kìia[to] rummage; scratch around (in dirt/trash/things)