น้ำหน้า

nám nâa

Meanings

1NounB2

worth/capability (derog.)

One’s worth, capability, or standing, used sarcastically to belittle someone (e.g., น้ำหน้าอย่างแก่จะทำได้หรือ ‘Someone like you could do that?’).

Examples

น้ำหน้าnám nâaน้ำหน้าnám nâa1worth/capability (derog.)2you; your face (derog. vocative/epithet)อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)แกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)3old person; elder (colloquial, can be rude)4you (spouse/intimate, dialectal)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)อวดùuatอวดùuat1[to] show off; boast2[to] flauntว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะชนะjà chá-náจะชนะjà chá-náwill win; [to] be going to winทีมชาติteem châatทีมชาติteem châat1national team2national-squad (members)อีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)หรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)
Someone like you still dares to boast that you’ll beat the national team?
2NounB2

you; your face (derog. vocative/epithet)

A contemptuous way to address or refer to someone, often with the sense of ‘you/your face’ used to belittle (e.g., น้ำหน้ามาว่าใคร).

Examples

น้ำหน้าnám nâaน้ำหน้าnám nâa1worth/capability (derog.)2you; your face (derog. vocative/epithet)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverกล้าglâaกล้าglâa1brave; courageous2to dare3seedling; young plant4bravely; boldlyพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutแบบนี้bàep néeแบบนี้bàep née1like this; in this way2this kind/type (modifier)3this kind (standalone)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ได้ยังไงdâi yang-ngaiได้ยังไงdâi yang-ngai1how is that possible?; how come?2how could (someone) ...?; in what way ...?
Who are you to talk? How dare you speak to me like this.

Word Breakdown

น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)Part 1
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หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7facePart 2
น้ำหน้าnám nâaน้ำหน้าnám nâaworth/capability (derog.)