ถูๆ ไถๆ(tŏo tŏo tăi tăi)

Meanings

1AdverbB2

barely; roughly; in a makeshift way

in a rough, careless, or just-sufficient way; only enough to get by.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เก่งgèngเก่งgèng1skilled; good at2smart; quick-witted3[to] be good at; excelภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìtภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìt1the English language2English (school subject)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleถูtŏoถูtŏo1[to] rub2[to] scrub3[to be] acceptable; passable (colloquial)4[to] scrape (briefly touch/rub against)ๆ-ไถtăiไถtăi1plow; plough2[to] plow; [to] till3[to] redeem (pawned item)4[to] shave (very close); [to] clip5[to] scroll/swipe through (slang)ๆ-พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyสื่อสารsèu-săanสื่อสารsèu-săan1[to] communicate2communications; telecomได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
He's not very good at English, but he can speak it just enough to get by and communicate.

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