ทำเป็นหูหนวก(tam bpen hŏo nùuak)
Meanings
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[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore
to act as if you did not hear something; to intentionally ignore someone or something.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กำลังจะgam-lang jàกำลังจะgam-lang jàabout to (imminent future)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerยืมyeumยืมyeum1[to] borrow [sth]2[to] borrow [sb’s] style/idea; [to] imitateเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuakทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuak[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)เปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesคุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
When I was about to ask to borrow money, he acted as if he didn't hear and immediately changed the subject.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lomทำหูทวนลมtam hŏu tuuan lom[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore
[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore
ทำหูหนวกtam hŏo nùuakทำหูหนวกtam hŏo nùuak[to] turn a deaf ear; [to] ignore
[to] turn a deaf ear; [to] ignore
ทำเป็นไม่รู้ไม่ชี้tam bpen mâi rúu mâi chéeทำเป็นไม่รู้ไม่ชี้tam bpen mâi rúu mâi chée[to] pretend not to know; [to] feign ignorance
[to] pretend not to know; [to] feign ignorance
เพิกเฉยpêrk chŏeiเพิกเฉยpêrk chŏei1[to] ignore; disregard2indifferent; unresponsive (literary/formal)
- [to] ignore; disregard
- indifferent; unresponsive (literary/formal)
เมินเฉยmern chŏeiเมินเฉยmern chŏei[to] ignore; [to] be indifferent
[to] ignore; [to] be indifferent
Word Breakdown
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ทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuakทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuak[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignore