เม่า(mâo)
Meanings
1NounB2
mulberry (paper mulberry fruit)
The small, dark fruit of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), edible when ripe and used locally in foods.
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผลpŏnผลpŏn1result; outcome2benefit; advantage3classifier: fruits4result; outcome; effectเม่าmâoเม่าmâo1mulberry (paper mulberry fruit)2naive investor (Thai stock slang)สุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3heated through; warmed (by heat)4[to] ripen; [to] get cookedจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)หลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทำแยมtam yaemทำแยมtam yaem[to] make jamสีม่วงเข้มsĕe mûuang kêmสีม่วงเข้มsĕe mûuang kêm1dark purple (color)2dark purple
Grandma picked ripe maow fruit from the backyard to make a dark purple jam.
2NounC1
naive investor (Thai stock slang)
A slang term for an inexperienced retail investor who chases hype and is easily misled in the stock market.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพึ่งpêungพึ่งpêung[to] rely on; depend on; lean onเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)หุ้นhûnหุ้นhûn1share; stock (finance)2equity stake; ownership portion3[to] partner; co-invest; hold shares together4classifier: shares/units of stockเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)โดนหลอกdohn lòkโดนหลอกdohn lòk[to] be tricked; [to] be deceived; [to] get scammedให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitตามกระแสdtaam grà-săeตามกระแสdtaam grà-săe1[to] follow the trend; go with the flow2fashionably; because it's trendingกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]เม่าmâoเม่าmâo1mulberry (paper mulberry fruit)2naive investor (Thai stock slang)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offดอยทันทีdoi tan teeดอยทันทีdoi tan teeDoi Thanti (place name)
He just started trading stocks, so he got tricked into chasing the trend and became a naive retail investor buying at the top.