หมาวัด
măa wát
Meanings
1NounB1
temple dog; stray dog
A stray dog that lives in or around a Buddhist temple.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyไปให้bpai hâiไปให้bpai hâi[to] go give [sth] [to sb]หมาวัดmăa wátหมาวัดmăa wát1temple dog; stray dog2derog.; person of low status; underdogทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); daily
I bring rice for the temple dogs every day.
2NounB2
derog.; person of low status; underdog
Derogatory: a person seen as rough or of low social status, with few connections; an underdog.
Examples
ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะเป็นjà bpenจะเป็นjà bpen1will be; will become2whether it be (fixed pattern)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)หมาวัดmăa wátหมาวัดmăa wát1temple dog; stray dog2derog.; person of low status; underdogแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความสามารถkwaam săa-mâatความสามารถkwaam săa-mâat1ability; capacity2skill; talent; proficiency3capability; functionality (of a system/tool)4capacity/competence (legal/official)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปดูbpai dooไปดูbpai doo[to] go (and) see; [to] go take a look; [to] go watchถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hill
Even though he's just an underdog, he is talented. Don't look down on him.
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Word Breakdown
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หมาวัดmăa wátหมาวัดmăa wáttemple dog; stray dog