เศรษฐีใหม่
sèt-tĕe mài
Meanings
1NounB2
newly rich person; new money
a person who has recently become wealthy, often contrasted with old money
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)กลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]เศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe màiเศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe mài1newly rich person; new money2nouveau riche (often pejorative)หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ธุรกิจสตาร์ทอัพtú-rá-gìt sà-dtáat-ápธุรกิจสตาร์ทอัพtú-rá-gìt sà-dtáat-ápstartup business; startup companyของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsประสบความสำเร็จbprà-sòp kwaam săm-rètประสบความสำเร็จbprà-sòp kwaam săm-rèt[to] succeed; achieve success
He recently became newly rich after his startup business succeeded.
2NounB2
nouveau riche (often pejorative)
a newly rich person perceived as showy or lacking the taste and habits of long-established wealthy people
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyรวยruuayรวยruuay1rich; wealthy2pungent; overpowering (smell/taste) [informal]ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำตัวtam dtuuaทำตัวtam dtuua1[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself2[to] act like; present oneself as; make oneself out to beเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe màiเศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe mài1newly rich person; new money2nouveau riche (often pejorative)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offรถสปอร์ตrót sà-bpòtรถสปอร์ตrót sà-bpòtsports car; sporty performance carมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerขับkàpขับkàp1[to] drive; operate (a vehicle)2[to] expel; drive out; repel3[to] sing; chant (traditional)4[to] excrete; secrete; emitอวดùuatอวดùuat1[to] show off; boast2[to] flauntคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another person
As soon as he got a little rich, he started acting like a nouveau riche, buying a sports car to show off to others.
Word Breakdown
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เศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe màiเศรษฐีใหม่sèt-tĕe màinewly rich person; new money