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jàp dtuua bpai

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] kidnap; [to] abduct

to take someone away by force, usually to demand money or achieve a goal; to kidnap or abduct.

Examples

คนร้ายkon ráaiคนร้ายkon ráai1criminal; culprit; perpetrator; assailant2villain (in fiction)จับตัวjàp dtuuaจับตัวjàp dtuua1[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]2[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]3[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)ผู้หญิงpôo yĭngผู้หญิงpôo yĭng1woman; adult female (person)2women's; female (as modifier)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameค่าไถ่kâa tàiค่าไถ่kâa tài1ransom2redemption fee/payment
The criminal kidnapped the woman for ransom.
2NounB1

[to] arrest and take [sb] away; [to] take into custody

to capture or arrest someone and take them away, for example by police or authorities.

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจับตัวjàp dtuuaจับตัวjàp dtuua1[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]2[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]3[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)ขโมยkà-mŏoyขโมยkà-mŏoy1[to] steal2thiefไปที่bpai têeไปที่bpai têe[to] go to [somewhere]สถานีตำรวจsà-tăa-nee dtam-rùuatสถานีตำรวจsà-tăa-nee dtam-rùuatpolice station
The police arrested the thief and took him to the police station.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

จับตัวjàp dtuuaจับตัวjàp dtuua1[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]2[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]3[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)Part 1
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ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)Part 2
จับตัวไปjàp dtuua bpaiจับตัวไปjàp dtuua bpai[to] kidnap; [to] abduct