หาทาน

hăa taan

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] get something to eat; go find food

To go out to find and eat something, often outside the home; common in casual speech (e.g., ไปหาอะไรทาน).

Examples

เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ไปหาbpai hăaไปหาbpai hăa1[to] go see [sb]; [to] visit [sb]2[to] go look for [sb/sth]; [to] seek [sth]อะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)ทานtaanทานtaan1[to] eat (polite/formal); consume2[to] take (medicine)3almsgiving; charity (Buddhist ‘ทาน’)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)เถอะtòeเถอะtòe1suggestion/encouragement particle2prompting/permission particle3resignation/emphasis particle
Let's go find something to eat.
2NounB1

[to] beg; seek alms or donations

To ask people for money or food to live on; to solicit alms or donations in public.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asคนแก่kon gàeคนแก่kon gàeelderly person; old personคนหนึ่งkon nèungคนหนึ่งkon nèung1one person2a person; someoneนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)หาทานhăa taanหาทานhăa taan1[to] beg; seek alms or donations2[to] get something to eat; go find foodอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainข้างkâangข้างkâang1beside; next to; by2side; lateral (modifier)3side; flank4side; party (in a dispute or game)สะพานลอยsà-paan loiสะพานลอยsà-paan loipedestrian overpass; footbridge over a road
I saw an old person sitting and begging for money by the pedestrian bridge.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)Part 1
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ทานtaanทานtaan1[to] eat (polite/formal); consume2[to] take (medicine)3almsgiving; charity (Buddhist ‘ทาน’)Part 2
หาทานhăa taanหาทานhăa taan[to] get something to eat; go find food