ตัดหาง(dtàt hăang)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] cut off a tail

to cut off the tail of an animal

Examples

สัตวแพทย์sàt-dta-wá-pâetสัตวแพทย์sàt-dta-wá-pâet1veterinarian; vet2veterinary (attr.)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightตัดหางdtàt hăangตัดหางdtàt hăang1[to] disown [sb]; [to] cut ties2[to] cut off a tailสุนัขsù-nákสุนัขsù-nákdog (formal)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแผลติดplăe dtìtแผลติดplăe dtìt(of a wound) [to] close; heal (edges join)เชื้อchéuuaเชื้อchéuua1germ; pathogen2fuel; combustible material3lineage; ancestry4culture; starter5cause; source (of trouble)
The vet had to cut off this dog's tail because it had an infected wound.
2VerbC1

[to] disown [sb]; [to] cut ties

to disown someone or cut off all ties with them, usually due to their bad behavior (often short for the idiom ตัดหางปล่อยวัด)

Examples

พ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparentsทนtonทนton1[to] endure; tolerate; bear2[to] withstand; resist3durable; resistant (of things)พฤติกรรมprút-dtì-gamพฤติกรรมprút-dtì-gambehavior; conductของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsไม่ไหวmâi wăiไม่ไหวmâi wăi[to] be unable (to [do sth]); cannotเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideตัดหางdtàt hăangตัดหางdtàt hăang1[to] disown [sb]; [to] cut ties2[to] cut off a tailเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
His parents couldn't stand his behavior anymore, so they decided to disown him.

Word Breakdown

ตัดdtàtตัดdtàt1[to] cut2[to] trim; clip3[to] cut off; turn off; disconnect4[to] eliminate; remove5[to] edit; cut (media/text)6[to] deduct7[to] cross (a path); cut acrossPart 1
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หางhăangหางhăang1tail (of an animal)2tail-like part; trailing end3rear; back end4[to] follow; tail (slang/colloquial)5classifier: tail-like things; long trailing partsPart 2
ตัดหางdtàt hăangตัดหางdtàt hăang[to] cut off a tail