พูดจาประจบ(pôot-jaa bprà-jòp)
Meanings
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[to] flatter [sb]; butter up [sb]; fawn over [sb]
To say very praising or overly nice things to someone to please them or get a benefit.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่ชอบmâi chôpไม่ชอบmâi chôp[to] dislike [sth/sb]; [to] not like [sth/sb]เพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaanเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaancoworker; colleague; workmateคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดจาประจบpôot-jaa bprà-jòpพูดจาประจบpôot-jaa bprà-jòp[to] flatter [sb]; butter up [sb]; fawn over [sb]เก่งgèngเก่งgèng1skilled; good at2smart; quick-witted3[to] be good at; excelเกินไปgern bpaiเกินไปgern bpaitoo; overly; excessively
I don't like that colleague at all; he's too good at flattering people.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เลียแข้งเลียขาlia kâeng lia kăaเลียแข้งเลียขาlia kâeng lia kăa[to] suck up to [sb]; [to] bootlick
[to] suck up to [sb]; [to] bootlick
ประจบประแจงbprà-jòp bprà-jaengประจบประแจงbprà-jòp bprà-jaeng[to] fawn; [to] flatter obsequiously
[to] fawn; [to] flatter obsequiously
ประจบสอพลอbprà-jòp sŏr-plorประจบสอพลอbprà-jòp sŏr-plorto flatter [sb]; to fawn on [sb]; to curry favor (with [sb])
to flatter [sb]; to fawn on [sb]; to curry favor (with [sb])
สอพลอsŏr plorสอพลอsŏr plor1[to] flatter; [to] fawn; [to] toady2sycophantic; obsequious
- [to] flatter; [to] fawn; [to] toady
- sycophantic; obsequious
Word Breakdown
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พูดจาประจบpôot-jaa bprà-jòpพูดจาประจบpôot-jaa bprà-jòp[to] flatter [sb]; butter up [sb]; fawn over [sb]