เม่าบิน(mâo bin)
Meanings
1NounB1
alate termite; swarmer
a winged reproductive termite that flies out in swarms (alate)
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightเม่าmâoเม่าmâo1mulberry (paper mulberry fruit)2naive investor (Thai stock slang)บินออกมาbin òk maaบินออกมาbin òk maa[to] fly out (towards the speaker)บินbinบินbin1[to] fly2[to] fly (by air travel)รอบrôpรอบrôp1round; cycle; lap; turn2time slot; session3perimeter; circumference; surrounding area4around; surrounding5careful; cautious; thorough6classifier: rounds; laps; showings7all around; fullyไฟfaiไฟfai1fire; flame2electricity; power3light (from a lamp)4signal light; indicator5anger; passion (figurative)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)เยอะมากyér mâakเยอะมากyér mâak1very many; numerous (colloquial)2very much; a lot (colloquial)
Last night, winged termites swarmed around the porch light.
2NounB2
naive retail investor chasing hype (slang)
slang: a naive retail investor who chases hot trends and often gets burned, like insects attracted to light
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offหุ้นhûnหุ้นhûn1share; stock (finance)2equity stake; ownership portion3[to] partner; co-invest; hold shares together4classifier: shares/units of stockตามกระแสdtaam grà-săeตามกระแสdtaam grà-săe1[to] follow the trend; go with the flow2fashionably; because it's trendingแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ติดดอยdtìt doiติดดอยdtìt doi(slang) [to] be stuck holding [sth] bought at a peak price; be underwaterคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleแซวว่าsaeo wâaแซวว่าsaeo wâa[to] tease that …; joke that …เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเม่าบินmâo binเม่าบินmâo bin1naive retail investor chasing hype (slang)2alate termite; swarmer
He bought stocks following the hype and got stuck at the top; people teased him as a naive trend-chaser.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
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เม่าบินmâo binเม่าบินmâo binalate termite; swarmer