มัดปาก(mát bpàak)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] gag [sb]

to tie or cover someone's mouth so they cannot speak or make sound, e.g., stuffing cloth and tying it

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หนังnăngหนังnăng1leather2movie; film3thin sheet; membrane (informal)4skin; hideคนร้ายkon ráaiคนร้ายkon ráai1criminal; culprit; perpetrator; assailant2villain (in fiction)มัดปากmát bpàakมัดปากmát bpàak1[to] gag [sb]2[to] silence [sb]; gag (figurative)ตัวประกันdtuua bprà-ganตัวประกันdtuua bprà-gan1bargaining chip (figurative)2hostageด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toผ้าขาวpâa kăaoผ้าขาวpâa kăao1white cloth; white fabric2ceremonial white cloth (Buddhist rites, funerals)เพื่อไม่ให้pêuua mâi hâiเพื่อไม่ให้pêuua mâi hâiso that not; in order not to; to prevent [sth]ร้องróngร้องróng1[to] cry; weep2[to] sing3[to] shout; call out4[to] complain; lodge a complaintขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerความช่วยเหลือkwaam chûuai lĕuuaความช่วยเหลือkwaam chûuai lĕuua1help; assistance; aid2aid (official/organized); support services
In the movie, the villain tied the hostage’s mouth with a white cloth so they couldn’t call for help.
2VerbC1

[to] silence [sb]; gag (figurative)

to stop someone from speaking or expressing opinions (figurative), e.g., to gag the media

Examples

นักข่าวnák kàaoนักข่าวnák kàaojournalist; reporterบ่นbònบ่นbòn1to nag2complaint; grumbling (speech)3to complain; grumbleว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeกฎgòtกฎgòt1rule; regulation2law (scientific/natural); principleใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)เหมือนจะmĕuuan jàเหมือนจะmĕuuan jàit seems that; it looks likeมัดปากmát bpàakมัดปากmát bpàak1[to] gag [sb]2[to] silence [sb]; gag (figurative)สื่อsèuuสื่อsèuu1media; the media; mass media2medium; means; channel of communication3medium (spiritual/occult)4[to] convey; communicateไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventวิจารณ์wí-jaanวิจารณ์wí-jaan1[to] critique; [to] comment on2[to] criticize (often negatively)นโยบายรัฐบาลná-yoh-baai rát-tà-baanนโยบายรัฐบาลná-yoh-baai rát-tà-baangovernment policy
Journalists complain that the new rules seem to gag the media from criticizing government policy.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

มัดmátมัดmát1[to] tie; bind; bundle2bundle; bunch3classifier: bundles/bunches4muscle (anatomy); classifier for musclesPart 1
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ปากbpàakปากbpàak1mouth2opening; mouth (of things)3rim; lip (of a container/wound)4speech; manner of speaking (figurative)Part 2
มัดปากmát bpàakมัดปากmát bpàak[to] gag [sb]