หนังหุ้มกระดูก(năng hûm grà-dòok)

Meanings

1NounB2

skin and bones (very thin person/animal)

An expression referring to someone or an animal who is extremely thin, as if only skin covers the bones.

Examples

เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asแมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)จรจัดjon jàtจรจัดjon jàt1stray; homeless (animal/person)2vagrant; drifter3untidy; disheveledตัวนั้นdtuua nánตัวนั้นdtuua nánthat one [animal, item]ไหมmăiไหมmăi1yes–no question particle; or not?2silkผอมpŏmผอมpŏmthin; slim; skinnyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เรียกว่าrîiak wâaเรียกว่าrîiak wâa1[to] call; name [sb/sth]; refer to as2[to] be called; be known/termed as3you could say; that is to say; effectivelyหนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòokหนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòok1skin and bones (very thin person/animal)2[be] emaciated; extremely thinได้เลยdâai loeiได้เลยdâai loei1sure; okay; go ahead2right away; immediately (possible/allowed)
Do you see that stray cat? It's so thin you could call it 'skin and bones'.
2AdjectiveB2

[be] emaciated; extremely thin

Used descriptively of someone who is very underweight or wasted in appearance.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàkทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàk1[to] work hard2[to] be under heavy loadจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketไม่ได้นอนmâi dâai nonไม่ได้นอนmâi dâai nondidn't sleep; haven't sleptตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ผอมpŏmผอมpŏmthin; slim; skinnyเหลือlĕuuaเหลือlĕuua1[to] remain; be left2[to] have left; have remaining3[to] spare; have extra4[to] exceed; be more thanแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)หนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòokหนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòok1skin and bones (very thin person/animal)2[be] emaciated; extremely thin
He worked so hard he didn't eat or sleep, so now he's wasted away to just skin and bones.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หนังnăngหนังnăng1leather2movie; film3thin sheet; membrane (informal)4skin; hidePart 1
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หุ้มhûmหุ้มhûm1[to] cover; wrap; encase2covered; coated (with)Part 2
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กระดูกgrà-dòokกระดูกgrà-dòok1bone2bones (edible parts)3framework; backbone (figurative)Part 3
หนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòokหนังหุ้มกระดูกnăng hûm grà-dòokskin and bones (very thin person/animal)