เส้นสาย(sên săai)

Meanings

1NounB2

connections; pull; influence

Personal connections or influence used to obtain favors, advantages, or preferential treatment.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedงานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsเร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fastเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมีเส้นสายmee sên săaiมีเส้นสายmee sên săai[to] have connections; [to] have pullกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ผู้จัดการpôo jàt gaanผู้จัดการpôo jàt gaan1manager; administrator2personal manager; handler
He got the job quickly because he has connections with the manager.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

คอนเนกชันkon-nék-chanคอนเนกชันkon-nék-chan1connection (link; relationship)2contacts; network (people)3connection (technical)4influence via connections; pull
  • connection (link; relationship)
  • contacts; network (people)
  • connection (technical)
  • influence via connections; pull
ความกว้างขวางkwaam gwâang kwăangความกว้างขวางkwaam gwâang kwăang1spaciousness; extensiveness2influence; connections
  • spaciousness; extensiveness
  • influence; connections
แบ็กbáekแบ็กbáek1backing; support (slang/loan)2[to] back; support (slang/loan)3back (defender) in sports (loan)
  • backing; support (slang/loan)
  • [to] back; support (slang/loan)
  • back (defender) in sports (loan)
เส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like things
  • line; stripe; thread-like length
  • noodle (food strand)
  • tendon; nerve; sinew
  • wire; cable (thin metal strand)
  • route; line (service/path)
  • connections; pull (informal)
  • CL: strand-like things

Word Breakdown

เส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like thingsPart 1
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สายsăaiสายsăai1line; wire; cable2route; line (transport/communication)3late (in the day); running late4strand; string; thread (long thin piece)5lineage; affiliation; branch6classifier for long, flexible things (wires, ropes, necklaces)7morning (late morning period)8informant; spy; secret agentPart 2
เส้นสายsên săaiเส้นสายsên săaiconnections; pull; influence