ถูไถ(tŏo tăi)
Meanings
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[to] do perfunctorily; do sloppily
to do work just enough to get by, carelessly or half-heartedly; make a token effort
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleถูไถtŏo tăiถูไถtŏo tăi[to] do perfunctorily; do sloppilyส่งให้sòng hâiส่งให้sòng hâi[to] send [sth] to [sb]; [to] pass [sth] to [sb]ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)ทันtanทันtan1[to] be in time for2[to] catch up with; keep up with; keep abreast of3in time4[to] be quick-witted with; see throughแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เนื้อหาnéuua hăaเนื้อหาnéuua hăa1content; subject matter2coverage; materialไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ครบkrópครบkróp1complete; full; all present2in full; completely3[time] to be complete; to reach the full term
He did the report just to get by and submitted it on time, but the content was incomplete.
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ถูไถtŏo tăiถูไถtŏo tăi[to] do perfunctorily; do sloppily