เบื๊อก
bʉ́ʉakMeanings
1NounB2
idiot; fool; blockhead
a stupid person; an idiot or fool (often used as a colloquial insult)
Examples
ไอ้âiไอ้âi1derogatory prefix (male-referencing)2this/that damn… (insulting)3familiar prefix (coarse, colloq.)เบื๊อกbéuuakเบื๊อกbéuuak1idiot; fool; blockhead2stupid; foolishเอ๊ยéeyเอ๊ยéey1hey! (calling someone)2oops! / oh! (surprise, correction)ทำไมtam maiทำไมtam maiwhy (question word)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; until; up to2[to] arrive; reach3to; toward (recipient/goal)4even if; even though5as much as; as many as; to the point of6only then; then as a result (informal)7about; concerning; regardingทำเรื่องtam rêuuangทำเรื่องtam rêuuang1[to] handle official business2[to] cause trouble; [to] make a fussง่ายๆngâai ngâaiง่ายๆngâai ngâai1easy; simple; uncomplicated2plain; low-key; informal3simply; casually; without much effort4easygoing; not fussy (of a person)แค่นี้kâe néeแค่นี้kâe née1this much; only this2only to this extent; just this far3that's all; that's it (to close or conclude)พังpangพังpang1broken; not working2[to] break down; collapse; fall apart3ruined; a mess (plans/situations)4[to] demolish; wreck [sth]ได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)
You idiot! How could you mess up such a simple thing?
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อย่าyàaทำตัวtam dtuuaเป็นbpenไอ้âiเบื๊อกbéuuakไปหน่อยbpai nòiเลยloieเรื่องrêuuangแค่นี้kâe néeใครๆkrai kraiก็gâwรู้rúuกันganทั้งนั้นtáng nán
Don't act like a fool. Everyone knows about a simple matter like this.
มีแต่mii-dtɛ̀ɛไอ้âiเบื๊อกbʉ́ʉakเท่านั้นแหละtâo-nán-lɛ̀ที่จะtîi-jàเชื่อchʉ̂ʉaคำโกหกkam-goo-hòkหลอกลวงlɔ̀ɔk-luuangพรรค์pákนั้นnánของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoได้dâaiลงคอlong-kɔɔ
Only an idiot could possibly believe his deceptive lies like that.
เขาkǎoโดนหลอกdoon-lɔ̀ɔkให้hâiเอาaoเงินเก็บngən-gèpทั้งหมดtáng-mòtไปbpaiลงทุนlong-tunในnaiแชร์chɛɛลูกโซ่lûuk-sôoกลายเป็นglaai-bpenไอ้âiเบื๊อกbʉ́ʉakไปเลยbpai-ləəi
He was tricked into investing all his savings in a Ponzi scheme, making him a complete fool.
2AdjectiveB2
stupid; foolish
stupid or foolish; having or showing little intelligence, used colloquially as an insult
Examples
ใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)คนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringเสนอไอเดียsà-nĕr ai-diiaเสนอไอเดียsà-nĕr ai-diia[to] propose/suggest an ideaเบื๊อกbéuuakเบื๊อกbéuuak1idiot; fool; blockhead2stupid; foolishๆ-แบบนี้bàep néeแบบนี้bàep née1like this; in this way2this kind/type (modifier)3this kind (standalone)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] become; start to be (change of state)5[to] arise; appear; emergeเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)
Who brought up this stupid idea?
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ฉันchănไม่mâiอยากyàakทำตัวtam dtuuaเบื๊อกbéuuakๆ-ต่อหน้าdtò nâaคนkonที่têeตัวเองdtuua engแอบชอบàep chôp
I don't want to act foolishly in front of the person I have a crush on.
การตัดสินใจgaan-dtàt-sǐn-jaiลาออกlaa-ɔ̀ɔkจากjàakงานngaanโดยdooiไม่มีmâi-miiแผนสำรองpɛ̌ɛn-sǎm-rɔɔngเป็นอะไรbpen-à-raiที่tîiเบื๊อกbʉ́ʉakมากmâakในnaiเศรษฐกิจsèet-tà-gìtแบบนี้bɛ̀ɛp-níi
Deciding to quit a job without a backup plan is a very foolish thing to do in this kind of economy.
ตอนที่dton têeรู้rúuว่าwâaตัวเองdtuua engเดินdernเข้าห้องน้ำkâo hông námผิดpìtฝั่งfàngฉันchănรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâaตัวเองdtuua engเบื๊อกbéuuakสุดๆsùt sùtไปเลยbpai loie
When I realized I had walked into the wrong side of the restroom, I felt incredibly stupid.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tri
- Syllable endingDead syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
High tone
bʉ́ʉak
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Mid class + Mai tri → High
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |