อยู่หัวแถว

yòo hŭua tăew

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] be at the front of the line

to be at the front of a line or queue.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มาถึงmaa tŭengมาถึงmaa tŭeng1[to] arrive (somewhere)2[to] reach; come to (time/stage/topic)3[to] come to (someone’s turn/time)ก่อนเพื่อนgòn pêuuanก่อนเพื่อนgòn pêuuanbefore anyone elseเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)อยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăewอยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăew1[to] be at the front of the line2[to] be leading; [to] be top-ranked
I arrived before my friends, so I got to be at the front of the line.
2NounB2

[to] be leading; [to] be top-ranked

to be among the top in a field or group; to be at the forefront (idiomatic).

Examples

เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesเรียนriianเรียนriian1[to] study; learn2[to] take (a course/subject)3[to] respectfully inform; address (formal)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เป็นสองbpen sŏngเป็นสองbpen sŏng[to] split in two; become twoรองrongรองrong1deputy; vice-; second-in-command; assistant2[to] support; line; pad3secondary; subordinate; assistant4classifier: pairs of shoesใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverอยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăewอยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăew1[to] be at the front of the line2[to] be leading; [to] be top-rankedของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)3always; all the time
When it comes to studying, he's second to none, always among the top of the class.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainPart 1
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หัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1head (body part)2top; end; tip3leader; chief; head4mind; mentality; way of thinking5beginning; initial part6classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins7to bud; to sprout8header; title; headlinePart 2
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แถวtăeoแถวtăeo1[to] line up; arrange in a row2approximately; about (colloquial)3row; line4area; neighborhood; vicinity5[classifier] row; linePart 3
อยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăewอยู่หัวแถวyòo hŭua tăew[to] be at the front of the line