เจ้าประจำ(jâo bprà-jam)
Meanings
1NounB1
regular customer; regular patron
a person who frequents and buys from a particular shop, restaurant, or service
Examples
ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)2aunt (older sister of father or mother)คนขายkon kăaiคนขายkon kăai1seller; vendor; salesperson2the seller (party to a transaction)จำหน้าjam nâaจำหน้าjam nâa[to] recognize [sb]'s faceฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jamเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jam1regular customer; regular patron2habitual doer; usual culprit (informal)3regular shop/vendor; usual placeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsร้านนี้ráan néeร้านนี้ráan néethis shop; this store
The auntie who sells things remembers my face because I'm a regular customer of this shop.
2NounB1
regular shop/vendor; usual place
a shop, vendor, or place someone goes to regularly; one’s usual spot
Examples
ร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวráan gŭuai-dtĭiaoร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวráan gŭuai-dtĭiaonoodle shop; noodle restaurantร้านนี้ráan néeร้านนี้ráan néethis shop; this storeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jamเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jam1regular customer; regular patron2habitual doer; usual culprit (informal)3regular shop/vendor; usual placeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)
This noodle shop is my regular spot.
3NounB2
habitual doer; usual culprit (informal)
a person known for repeatedly doing a particular thing; often used humorously or teasingly
Examples
เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสายsăaiสายsăai1line; wire; cable2route; line (transport/communication)3late (in the day); running late4strand; string; thread (long thin piece)5lineage; affiliation; branch6classifier for long, flexible things (wires, ropes, necklaces)7morning (late morning period)8informant; spy; secret agentเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightยกให้yók hâiยกให้yók hâi1[to] give; bestow; transfer (ownership/rights)2[to] let [sb] have; concede; yield3[to] assign; reserve; allocate (for someone)4[to] entrust (a task/decision) to [sb]5[to] hail/recognize [sb/sth] as; designate as6[to] credit [sth] to [sb/sth]; attribute toเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jamเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jam1regular customer; regular patron2habitual doer; usual culprit (informal)3regular shop/vendor; usual place
When it comes to being late, you have to give it to him. He's the usual suspect.
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เจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jamเจ้าประจำjâo bprà-jamregular customer; regular patron