ถือหาง(tĕu hăang)
Meanings
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[to] side with [sb]; [to] support [sb]
to take someone's side, especially in a dispute or conflict; to support someone, often showing favoritism.
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]พี่น้องpêe nóngพี่น้องpêe nóng1siblings; brothers and sisters2fellow members; compatriots (figurative)ทะเลาะกันtá-ló ganทะเลาะกันtá-ló gan[to] argue; quarrel (with each other)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)ถือหางtĕu hăangถือหางtĕu hăang[to] side with [sb]; [to] support [sb]น้องnóngน้องnóng1younger sibling2junior; younger personคนเล็กkon lékคนเล็กkon lékyoungest child; youngest siblingเสมอsà-mĕrเสมอsà-mĕr1always; invariably2constantly; habitually3equal; level; even4[to] draw; [to] tie
When the siblings argue, Mom always takes the youngest one's side.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เข้าข้างkâo kâangเข้าข้างkâo kâang[to] side with [sb/sth]; be biased toward [sb/sth]
[to] side with [sb/sth]; be biased toward [sb/sth]
ให้ท้ายhâi táaiให้ท้ายhâi táai[to] indulge [sb]; [to] spoil [sb]
[to] indulge [sb]; [to] spoil [sb]
ฝักใฝ่fàk fàiฝักใฝ่fàk fài1[to] be keen on; be devoted to [sth]2[to] side with; be partisan toward [sb]/[sth]
- [to] be keen on; be devoted to [sth]
- [to] side with; be partisan toward [sb]/[sth]
ลำเอียงlam iiangลำเอียงlam iiang1biased; partial; unfair2[to] be biased; show favoritism
- biased; partial; unfair
- [to] be biased; show favoritism
เลือกข้างlêuuak kâangเลือกข้างlêuuak kâang[to] take a side
[to] take a side
Word Breakdown
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ถือหางtĕu hăangถือหางtĕu hăang[to] side with [sb]; [to] support [sb]