เกาะกิน

gò gin

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] live off [sb]; freeload; sponge off

to live at someone else's expense; to sponge off or exploit others for one’s living.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอายุaa-yúอายุaa-yú1age2lifespan; service life3[to] be X years oldจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)สามสิบsăam sìpสามสิบsăam sìpthirty (30)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yetไม่ทำงานmâi tam-ngaanไม่ทำงานmâi tam-ngaan1not working; out of order2[to] not be working (now)3[to] be unemployed; [to] have no jobทำการtam gaanทำการtam gaan1[to] carry out; conduct; perform; execute2[to] operate; be in operation; be open (for business)เอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàe1only; nothing but2self-willed; selfish (in compounds)เกาะกินgò ginเกาะกินgò gin1[to] live off [sb]; freeload; sponge off2[to] feed on [sth] by attaching (as a parasite)พ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparentsอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He's almost thirty, but he still doesn't have a job and just sponges off his parents.
2VerbB2

[to] feed on [sth] by attaching (as a parasite)

to cling to and feed on something, as parasites or insects do to a host or plant.

Examples

เพลี้ยplíaเพลี้ยplíaplant-sucking insect pestแป้งbpâaengแป้งbpâaeng1flour; starch (for cooking)2dough; batter (colloquial)3powder (cosmetic; talc)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofเกาะกินgò ginเกาะกินgò gin1[to] live off [sb]; freeload; sponge off2[to] feed on [sth] by attaching (as a parasite)ต้นมะม่วงdtôn-má-mûuangต้นมะม่วงdtôn-má-mûuangmango treeของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3license; permit; certificate4classifier (flat/thin items)5blade6petal; sepalเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเหลืองlĕuuangเหลืองlĕuuang1yellow2[to] turn yellow3sallow; jaundiced (complexion)
Mealybugs are infesting and feeding on my mango tree, causing the leaves to start turning yellow.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] dock; [to] come alongside (by boat)Part 1
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กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketPart 2
เกาะกินgò ginเกาะกินgò gin[to] live off [sb]; freeload; sponge off