ฉายา(chăa-yaa)

Meanings

1NounB1

nickname; epithet; alias

An informal or descriptive name used for a person, group, or thing, reflecting a trait, reputation, or characteristic; can also be an alias or honorific title, not an official name.

Examples

เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเสือยิ้มsĕuua yímเสือยิ้มsĕuua yímsmiling tiger; a seemingly friendly but dangerous/cunning personยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsฉายาchăa-yaaฉายาchăa-yaa1nickname; epithet; alias2pen name (informal)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/slotได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยิ้มyímยิ้มyím1smile2[to] smileยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardจริงๆjing jingจริงๆjing jing1really; truly; actually; indeed2[!] really?!; seriously?!
Friends call him 'the hard-to-smile tiger,' a nickname he got because he rarely smiles.
2NounB2

pen name (informal)

An alias used publicly by a writer or media figure in place of a real name; less formal than นามปากกานามปากกาnaam bpàak-gaapen name; pseudonym.

Examples

บรรณาธิการban-naa-tí-gaanบรรณาธิการban-naa-tí-gaan1editor2editor-in-chiefคนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personเขียนkĭianเขียนkĭian1[to] write2[to] compose; author3[to] fill out; write in4[to] draw; sketch5[to] write (data); burn (a disc)คอลัมน์kɔɔ-lâmคอลัมน์kɔɔ-lâm1newspaper/magazine column; regular column2column (architecture/engineering)3column (layout; database)ภายใต้paai dtâiภายใต้paai dtâi1under; subject to (authority/rules/conditions)2under; beneath (formal, physical position)ฉายาchăa-yaaฉายาchăa-yaa1nickname; epithet; alias2pen name (informal)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ชื่อจริงchêu jingชื่อจริงchêu jinggiven name; first name
This editor writes a column under an alias, not using their real name.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ฉาchăaฉาchăadim; opaque; muffled (light/color/sound)Part 1
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ยาyaaยาyaa1medicine; medication2drug (narcotic/illicit)3chemical/agent4[to] caulk; sealPart 2
ฉายาchăa-yaaฉายาchăa-yaanickname; epithet; alias