ผู้หลักผู้ใหญ่(pûu làk pûu yài)
Meanings
1NounB1
elder; senior; person of authority
an elder, senior, or a respected person of authority.
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossผู้หลักผู้ใหญ่pûu làk pûu yàiผู้หลักผู้ใหญ่pûu làk pûu yàielder; senior; person of authorityเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ควรkuuanควรkuuan1should; ought to2appropriate; proper; suitable3deserve; be worthy ofไหว้wâiไหว้wâi1[to] wai; pay respect with palms together2wai (gesture)
When we meet an elder, we should greet them with a 'wai'.
Related Words
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ชั้นผู้ใหญ่chán pôo yàiชั้นผู้ใหญ่chán pôo yàisenior level; leadership
senior level; leadership
ผู้ใหญ่pôo yàiผู้ใหญ่pôo yài1adult; grown-up2elder; respected senior3authority; person in charge4senior; adult (modifier)5adult (modifier)
- adult; grown-up
- elder; respected senior
- authority; person in charge
- senior; adult (modifier)
- adult (modifier)
ผู้อาวุโสpôo aa-wú-sŏhผู้อาวุโสpôo aa-wú-sŏhsenior; elder
senior; elder
อ้ายผู้ใหญ่âai pôo yàiอ้ายผู้ใหญ่âai pôo yàirespected older man
respected older man