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ruu

Meanings

1NounA2

hole; opening

an empty space or perforation in a surface or object

Examples

เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรูruuรูruu1hole; opening2orifice; bodily opening3socket; receptacle (electrical/mechanical)4slot; loophole (figurative)5burrow; animal holeตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2direct; straightforward; frank3[to] be straight; align4directly; straight (direction/path)5exact; matching; correspondingแขนเสื้อkăen sêuuaแขนเสื้อkăen sêuuasleeve
The shirt has a hole in the sleeve.
2NounB1

burrow; animal hole

a hole in the ground where an animal lives or hides

Examples

กระต่ายgrà-dtàaiกระต่ายgrà-dtàai1hare (colloquial)2Rabbit (Chinese zodiac)3female pubic area (slang, vulgar)4rabbitวิ่งwîngวิ่งwîng1[to] run2[to] run (operate; be in service)3[to] flow; course4[to] chase; pursueกลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnเข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3[to] understand4[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)5[to] fit; suit; match6[to] begin; start; take effect7cooked rice8riceรูruuรูruu1hole; opening2orifice; bodily opening3socket; receptacle (electrical/mechanical)4slot; loophole (figurative)5burrow; animal holeของมันkŏng manของมันkŏng manits (possessive pronoun)ใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2southern region; the South3southern; of the South (often as prefix ใต้-)4below; underneath (adverb)พุ่มไม้pûm máaiพุ่มไม้pûm máai1bush; shrub2shrubbery; clump of bushes
The rabbit ran back into its hole under the bush.
3NounB2

orifice; bodily opening

a natural opening in the body

Examples

แพทย์pâetแพทย์pâet1medical (attrib.; in compounds)2doctor; physicianตรวจพบdtrùuat pópตรวจพบdtrùuat póp1[to] detect; discover (through examination/testing)2[to] test positive for; be found to haveว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeบริเวณbo-rí-waynบริเวณbo-rí-wayn1area; vicinity2around; in the vicinity (post-nominal)รูหูroo hŏoรูหูroo hŏo1ear canal; ear opening2earlobe piercing holeอักเสบàk-sèpอักเสบàk-sèp1inflamed (medical)2[to] be inflamed; become inflamedจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitยาyaaยาyaa1medicine; medication2drug (narcotic/illicit)3chemical/agentหยอดyòtหยอดyòt1[to] drop/drip (small amount)2[to] apply drops (medicine)3[to] add a small amount (food/condiment)4[to] insert a coin5[to] tease/flirt lightlyหูhŏoหูhŏo1ear2hearing; ability to hear3handle; lug; loop (ear-like part)
The doctor found that the area around the ear opening was inflamed, so ear drops were prescribed.
4NounB2

socket; receptacle (electrical/mechanical)

a hole or recess designed to receive a plug or corresponding part

Examples

ปลั๊กไฟbplák faiปลั๊กไฟbplák fai1electrical plug; power plug2power outlet; wall socket (informal usage)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]รูruuรูruu1hole; opening2orifice; bodily opening3socket; receptacle (electrical/mechanical)4slot; loophole (figurative)5burrow; animal holeแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleสามsăamสามsăam1three (3)2third (ordinal)ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game)ต้องมีdtông meeต้องมีdtông mee[to] must have; [to] need to haveขั้วkûuaขั้วkûua1faction; side; camp2stalk; peduncle; receptacle (botany)3opposite extreme; antipode (fig.)4pole (geography/astronomy)5pole; terminal (electric)กราวด์gràoกราวด์grào1ground; earth (electrical) [loanword]2[to] ground (electrically) [loanword]ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due to
The power outlet here uses a three-hole type; it must have a ground prong as well.
5NounC1

slot; loophole (figurative)

a small opening or means of entry/escape, literal or figurative

Examples

ควันkwanควันkwan1smoke; fumes2steam; vapor (loose/colloquial)3exhaust fumes; emissionsหนีnĕeหนีnĕe1[to] flee; run away; escape2[to] avoid; evade; dodge; shirk3[to] elopeกระจายออกgrà-jaai òkกระจายออกgrà-jaai òk[to] spread out; [to] disperseทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathรูเล็กroo lékรูเล็กroo lék1small hole; tiny opening2small (of a hole)ๆ-ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotมุมmumมุมmum1angle2corner3point of view; perspectiveหน้าต่างnâa dtàangหน้าต่างnâa dtàang1window2window (computing)
Smoke escaped through a small opening at the corner of the window.

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