ปลาใหญ่
bplaa yài
Meanings
1NounA1
big fish (large fish)
A fish of a large size.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asปลาใหญ่bplaa yàiปลาใหญ่bplaa yài1big fish (large fish)2a powerful person; big shot; major playerในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)
I see a big fish in the water.
2NounB2
a powerful person; big shot; major player
An influential, wealthy, or dominant person or organization within a particular field or system. (Often used in the idiom ปลาใหญ่กินปลาเล็ก 'the big fish eats the small fish').
Examples
บริษัทbò-rí-sàtบริษัทbò-rí-sàtcompany; firm; corporationเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleแข่งขันkàeng kǎnแข่งขันkàeng kǎn1[to] compete; contest2[to] hold a competition; stage a contestกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ปลาใหญ่bplaa yàiปลาใหญ่bplaa yài1big fish (large fish)2a powerful person; big shot; major playerในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hard
It's difficult for small companies to compete with the big fish in the market.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ผู้มีอิทธิพลpôo mee ìt-tí-ponผู้มีอิทธิพลpôo mee ìt-tí-pon1influential person; powerful figure2local strongman; underworld figure
- influential person; powerful figure
- local strongman; underworld figure
รายใหญ่raai yàiรายใหญ่raai yài1major; large; leading (dominant)2major player; large entity
- major; large; leading (dominant)
- major player; large entity
เจ้าพ่อjâao pôrเจ้าพ่อjâao pôr1godfather; mafia boss2guardian spirit; tutelary deity3leading figure; kingpin
- godfather; mafia boss
- guardian spirit; tutelary deity
- leading figure; kingpin
ปลาโตbplaa dtohปลาโตbplaa dtohbig/mature fish
big/mature fish
ตัวเอ้dtuua âyตัวเอ้dtuua âyleading figure; top contender; ringleader
leading figure; top contender; ringleader
Word Breakdown
+
ปลาใหญ่bplaa yàiปลาใหญ่bplaa yàibig fish (large fish)