ฮู้เรื่อง(hûu rêuuang)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] understand
to understand a situation or what someone is saying; to get it. This is a common expression in Northeastern (Isan) and Northern Thai dialects.
Examples
โอเคo-kayโอเคo-kay1okay; agreed2fine; acceptable3[to] be okay; be fine; be acceptable4OK (confirmation)ๆ-ข่อยkòiข่อยkòi1Siamese rough bush2I; me (Isan/Lao; humble/familiar)ฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuangฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuang1[to] understand2[to] make sense; be understandableแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Okay, okay, I get it now.
2VerbB1
[to] make sense; be understandable
of speech, writing, or behavior: to be clear enough that people can understand; to be intelligible. Often used in the negative (e.g., 'เว้าบ่ฮู้เรื่อง' = 'speak in a way no one understands').
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเว้าwáoเว้าwáo1[to] speak; say (Isan/Northern Thai)2concave; indented (shape)อีหยังee yăngอีหยังee yăng1what (Isan question word)2anything/something (indefinite)กะบ่gà bòกะบ่gà bò1not; also not (Isan negator/particle)2and not / neitherฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuangฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuang1[to] understand2[to] make sense; be understandableเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He's speaking completely unintelligibly.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
รู้เรื่องróo rêuuangรู้เรื่องróo rêuuang1[to] understand; be aware/informed (of sth)2understandable; intelligible; coherent3[to] face consequences; be in trouble (colloq.)4[to] resolve/settle [sth]; make [sth] clear
- [to] understand; be aware/informed (of sth)
- understandable; intelligible; coherent
- [to] face consequences; be in trouble (colloq.)
- [to] resolve/settle [sth]; make [sth] clear
เข้าใจkâo jaiเข้าใจkâo jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to be] understanding (of [sb])3[to] assume; take sth to be true
- [to] understand; grasp
- [to be] understanding (of [sb])
- [to] assume; take sth to be true
เข้าใจ๋kâo-jăiเข้าใจ๋kâo-jăi1[to] understand; comprehend (Northern Thai spelling)2[to] be understanding of; empathize with
- [to] understand; comprehend (Northern Thai spelling)
- [to] be understanding of; empathize with
Word Breakdown
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ฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuangฮู้เรื่องhûu rêuuang[to] understand