ตาเปล่า(dtaa bplào)

Meanings

1NounB1

naked eye

Sight without any optical aid such as glasses, microscopes, or telescopes.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มองไม่เห็นmong mâi hĕnมองไม่เห็นmong mâi hĕn[to] be unable to see [sth]ดาวdaaoดาวdaao1star (celestial body)2star (famous person)3Venus; morning/evening star4star symbol/markดวงduuangดวงduuang1orb; sun/moon; lamp; round spot2fortune; fate; horoscope3classifier: round/bright objects (lamps, bulbs, celestial bodies); spotsนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toตาเปล่าdtaa bplàoตาเปล่าdtaa bplào1naked eye2unaided (optics)
I can't see that star with the naked eye.
2AdjectiveB2

unaided (optics)

Describing observation done without optical instruments (e.g., naked-eye viewing).

Examples

คุณปู่kun bpòoคุณปู่kun bpòopaternal grandfather; father's fatherอายุaa-yúอายุaa-yú1age2lifespan; service life3[to] be X years old80แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yetอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕu[to] read; [to] studyพิมพ์pimพิมพ์pim1[to] type; key in2[to] print (produce text/images)3print; impression4mold; die5edition; print run6pattern; designตาเปล่าdtaa bplàoตาเปล่าdtaa bplào1naked eye2unaided (optics)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedสบายๆsà-baai sà-baaiสบายๆsà-baai sà-baai1relaxed; easygoing2comfortably; casually; without pressure3easily; with little effort4no worries; take it easy
My grandfather is 80, but he can still read the newspaper comfortably with his naked eyes (without glasses).

Word Breakdown

ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game)Part 1
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เปล่าbplàoเปล่าbplào1empty; blank; bare2in vain; for nothing3no; not; nothingPart 2
ตาเปล่าdtaa bplàoตาเปล่าdtaa bplàonaked eye