ตัวการ(dtuua gaan)
Meanings
1NounB1
chief culprit; main instigator
the person chiefly responsible for causing trouble or wrongdoing; ringleader/mastermind
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)การที่gaan têeการที่gaan têethe fact that (formal; makes a clause act as a noun)วางแผนwaang păenวางแผนwaang păen1[to] plan2[to] plan; strategizeก่อเหตุgòr hèhtก่อเหตุgòr hèht[to] perpetrate; cause a harmful incidentได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last night
The police caught the mastermind who planned the incident last night.
2NounB2
main cause
the principal cause or key factor behind a problem or outcome (personified or non-personified)
Examples
ฝุ่นละอองfùn lá-ongฝุ่นละอองfùn lá-ongfine dust; particulate matterขนาดเล็กkà-nàat lékขนาดเล็กkà-nàat lék1small-sized; compact2small size (option)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsตัวการdtuua gaanตัวการdtuua gaan1chief culprit; main instigator2main cause3classifier (cartoon/character) — nonstandardสำคัญsăm-kanสำคัญsăm-kan1important; significant; essential2[to] think; assume; suppose (often mistakenly)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsปัญหาสุขภาพbpan-hăa sùk-kà-pâapปัญหาสุขภาพbpan-hăa sùk-kà-pâaphealth problemในเมืองnai meuuangในเมืองnai meuuang1in the city; downtown2urban; city
Fine particulate matter is a key factor behind health problems in the city.
3ClassifierC2
classifier (cartoon/character) — nonstandard
nonstandard/colloquial classifier for cartoon or animated characters; not used in formal Thai
Examples
ลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)สะสมตัวsà-sŏm dtuuaสะสมตัวsà-sŏm dtuua[to] accumulate; build up; form by accumulationการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)การ์ตูนgaa dtoonการ์ตูนgaa dtoon1cartoon (animation)2comic; comic stripเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)
My child likes to collect every character from this cartoon.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ผู้ร้ายpôo ráaiผู้ร้ายpôo ráai1criminal; offender; perpetrator2villain (in stories)3culprit (figurative)
- criminal; offender; perpetrator
- villain (in stories)
- culprit (figurative)
ต้นเหตุdtôn hàytต้นเหตุdtôn hàytroot cause; origin
root cause; origin
ตัวต้นเหตุdtuua dtôn hètตัวต้นเหตุdtuua dtôn hètthe culprit; the source of the problem
the culprit; the source of the problem
สาเหตุหลักsăa-hèt làkสาเหตุหลักsăa-hèt làkmain cause; primary reason
main cause; primary reason
ตัวดีdtuua deeตัวดีdtuua dee1the main culprit; notorious one (often ironic)2real piece of work; remarkably (bad) one (ironic)
- the main culprit; notorious one (often ironic)
- real piece of work; remarkably (bad) one (ironic)
Word Breakdown
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ตัวการdtuua gaanตัวการdtuua gaanchief culprit; main instigator