ถ้อยคำเฉียบคม(tôi kam chìiap kom)
Meanings
1NounB2
incisive words
Words that are sharp, incisive, and penetrating in meaning or argument.
Examples
นักโต้วาทีnák dtôh-waa-teeนักโต้วาทีnák dtôh-waa-teedebater; participant in formal/competitive debateฝ่ายค้านfàai káanฝ่ายค้านfàai káanthe opposition (politics)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap komถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap kom1incisive words2witty/bitingly sharp phrasingโต้กลับdtôh glàpโต้กลับdtôh glàp1[to] counter [sb/sth]; rebut [sth]2[to] retaliate; strike back3[to] counterattack (sports/competition)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofอีกฝ่ายèek fàaiอีกฝ่ายèek fàaithe other side; the other party; the other personนิ่งnìngนิ่งnìng1still; motionless2[to] be still; stay still3calm; composed; unflusteredไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)
The opposition debater used such sharp words to retort that the other side was silenced.
2NounC1
witty/bitingly sharp phrasing
Cleverly expressed wording that is pointed or cutting, sometimes with a satirical edge.
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herตอบกลับdtòp glàpตอบกลับdtòp glàp[to] reply; respond (to a message/speech)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap komถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap kom1incisive words2witty/bitingly sharp phrasingเพียงpiiangเพียงpiiang1only; merely; just2enough; sufficient (literary/formal)3as; as much as; only if/when4only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)ไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèe1a few; not many2only a few (of them)ประโยคprà-yôhkประโยคprà-yôhk1sentence (grammar)2statement/line (utterance)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเถียงtĭiangเถียงtĭiang1[to] argue; [to] talk back2[to] defend; [to] justify (one's position)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ออกòkออกòk1[to] go out; exit; leave2[to] come out; appear; be issued3[to] produce; emit; put out4[to] pay; spend; disburse5[to] issue; publish6out; outward7resulting; turn out8[to] quit; resign9[in sports] out of boundsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
She replied to him with just a few cutting remarks, and he couldn't argue back.
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Word Breakdown
ถ้อยคำtôi kamถ้อยคำtôi kam1wording; phrasing2utterance; statement3terms; stipulations (formal)Part 1
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ถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap komถ้อยคำเฉียบคมtôi kam chìiap komincisive words