ทำหูทวนลม(tam hŏu tuuan lom)

Meanings

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[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore

to intentionally ignore or pretend not to hear what someone is saying; to turn a deaf ear.

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitไปกินข้าวbpai gin kâaoไปกินข้าวbpai gin kâao[to] go eatแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lomทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lom[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignoreแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เล่นเกมlên gemเล่นเกมlên gem[to] play gamesต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequent
His mom called him to eat, but he turned a deaf ear and continued playing the game.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ปิดหูbpìt hŏoปิดหูbpìt hŏo1[to] cover one’s ears2[to] shut one’s ears (ignore)
  • [to] cover one’s ears
  • [to] shut one’s ears (ignore)
ทำหูหนวกtam hŏo nùuakทำหูหนวกtam hŏo nùuak[to] turn a deaf ear; [to] ignore

[to] turn a deaf ear; [to] ignore

ทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuakทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuak[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore

[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore

อุดหูùt hŏoอุดหูùt hŏo1[to] plug [one’s] ears; block out sound2[to] turn a deaf ear; refuse to listen (figurative)
  • [to] plug [one’s] ears; block out sound
  • [to] turn a deaf ear; refuse to listen (figurative)
ไม่รับฟังmâi ráp fangไม่รับฟังmâi ráp fang[to] refuse to listen; [to] not heed

[to] refuse to listen; [to] not heed

Word Breakdown

ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behavePart 1
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หูhŏoหูhŏo1ear2hearing; ability to hear3handle; lug; loop (ear-like part)Part 2
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ทวนลมtuuan lomทวนลมtuuan lomagainst the wind; upwindPart 3
ทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lomทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lom[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore