เด็กชาย(dèk chaai)
Meanings
1NounA1
boy; male child
a young male child
Examples
เด็กชายdèk chaaiเด็กชายdèk chaai1boy; male child2Master (Thai formal title for a boy)3classifier: คน (person)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsน้องชายnóng chaaiน้องชายnóng chaai1younger brother2penis (euphemistic)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mine
That boy is my younger brother.
2ClassifierA1
classifier: คนคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: people (person)
uses คนคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: people as the classifier when counting or referring to boys (e.g., เด็กชายเด็กชายdèk chaai1boy; male child2Master (Thai formal title for a boy)3classifier: คน (person) 2 คนคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: people)
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องนี้hông néeห้องนี้hông néethis roomมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเด็กชายdèk chaaiเด็กชายdèk chaai1boy; male child2Master (Thai formal title for a boy)3classifier: คน (person)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: people
In this room, there are two boys.
3NounA2
Master (Thai formal title for a boy)
a formal title placed before the given name of a boy (e.g., in documents or formal address)
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledเด็กชายdèk chaaiเด็กชายdèk chaai1boy; male child2Master (Thai formal title for a boy)3classifier: คน (person)สมชายsŏm chaaiสมชายsŏm chaaiSomchai (male given name)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
My name is Dekchai Somchai.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เด็กผู้ชายdèk pôo chaaiเด็กผู้ชายdèk pôo chaaiboy; male child/youth
boy; male child/youth
ด.ช.do choด.ช.do choabbr. for 'เด็กชาย'; boy’s title (Master)
abbr. for 'เด็กชาย'; boy’s title (Master)
บอยboiบอยboi1boy; young male (loanword)2Boy (male nickname)
- boy; young male (loanword)
- Boy (male nickname)
กุมารgù-maanกุมารgù-maan1boy; young male child (literary/formal)2child (literary/formal, often male in older usage)3spirit child; child deity (Thai belief)
- boy; young male child (literary/formal)
- child (literary/formal, often male in older usage)
- spirit child; child deity (Thai belief)
Word Breakdown
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ชายchaaiชายchaai1man; male person2male; man (person/animal)3male; masculine4edge; brim; hem; shorePart 2
เด็กชายdèk chaaiเด็กชายdèk chaaiboy; male child