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tâo gàe

Meanings

1NounB1

shop owner; proprietor; boss (Sino-Thai)

a person who owns or runs a shop or small business; also used to address the person in charge in Thai-Chinese contexts

Examples

เถ้าแก่tâo gàeเถ้าแก่tâo gàe1shop owner; proprietor; boss (Sino-Thai)2husband (dialectal/Min Nan loan, in some contexts)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particleอันนี้an néeอันนี้an néethis; this one (near the speaker)ราคาraa-kaaราคาraa-kaa1price; cost2price level; listed price3[to] cost; [to be] priced atเท่าไหร่tâo ràiเท่าไหร่tâo rài1how much/how many (amount/price)2how (to what degree/extent)3not much/many (after negation)4no matter how much/manyครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Sir (shop owner), how much is this?
2NounC1

husband (dialectal/Min Nan loan, in some contexts)

in some colloquial or regional usage influenced by Chinese dialects, may refer to a (male) spouse or the man of the house

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เถ้าแก่tâo gàeเถ้าแก่tâo gàe1shop owner; proprietor; boss (Sino-Thai)2husband (dialectal/Min Nan loan, in some contexts)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.ไปไหนbpai năiไปไหนbpai năi1Where are you going?; Where did you go?; Where to?2anywhere; nowhere
My husband hasn't come home yet today, I don't know where he went.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เถ้าtâoเถ้าtâo1ash; ashes2elder; old man (archaic/literary)Part 1
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แก่gàeแก่gàe1old (age)2to; toward (recipient/affected party)3ripe; mature (food/drink) [often overripe]4for; with regard toPart 2
เถ้าแก่tâo gàeเถ้าแก่tâo gàeshop owner; proprietor; boss (Sino-Thai)