หน้าตาย

nâa dtaai

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

poker‑faced; expressionless

showing no emotion or reaction on the face; deadpan

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ข่าวร้ายkàao ráaiข่าวร้ายkàao ráaibad newsด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toสีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorหน้าตายnâa dtaaiหน้าตายnâa dtaai1poker‑faced; expressionless2deadpan deliveryจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เดาdaoเดาdao[to] guess; speculateอารมณ์aa-romอารมณ์aa-rom1mood; feeling2emotion; feeling3temper; disposition4artistic mood; tone5sexual mood; libido (colloq.)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)
He listened to the bad news with such a deadpan face that I couldn't guess his emotions.
2NounB2

deadpan delivery

a manner of speaking or acting with an expressionless face, often used for humor

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)มุกตลกmúk dtà-lòkมุกตลกmúk dtà-lòkjoke; gag; comedic line/bitหน้าตายnâa dtaaiหน้าตายnâa dtaai1poker‑faced; expressionless2deadpan deliveryทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]เพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)ขำกันkăm ganขำกันkăm gan[to] laugh together; share a laughใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)
He likes to tell jokes with a deadpan delivery, which makes his friends laugh a lot.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7facePart 1
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ตายdtaaiตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal)Part 2
หน้าตายnâa dtaaiหน้าตายnâa dtaaipoker‑faced; expressionless