เส้นใหญ่(sên yài)
Meanings
1NounA2
wide rice noodles
A type of broad, flat rice noodle commonly used in Thai cuisine.
Examples
ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)2aunt (older sister of father or mother)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particleขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerราดหน้าrâat nâaราดหน้าrâat nâa1rad na (Thai noodle dish)2[to] pour over the topหมูmŏoหมูmŏo1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)5classifier: pig (head/animal)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ไข่kàiไข่kài1[to] lay eggs; spawn2testicles (vulgar/slang)3egg4zero score (slang, sports/exams)เส้นใหญ่sên yàiเส้นใหญ่sên yài1wide rice noodles2well-connected; influential1ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Auntie, can I have one serving of Rad Na with pork, egg, and wide noodles, please?
2AdjectiveB2
well-connected; influential
(Figurative) Describing someone who has strong connections or influence that can be used to their advantage.
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 eventsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ไม่ใช่mâi châiไม่ใช่mâi châi1is/are/am not; not (to be)2no (disagreement/denial)3not (emphatic correction)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingความสามารถkwaam săa-mâatความสามารถkwaam săa-mâat1ability; capacity2skill; talent; proficiency3capability; functionality (of a system/tool)4capacity/competence (legal/official)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleเส้นใหญ่sên yàiเส้นใหญ่sên yài1wide rice noodles2well-connected; influential
He got this job not because of his ability, but because he has connections.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
คอนเน็กชันใหญ่โตkon-nék-chan yài dtoคอนเน็กชันใหญ่โตkon-nék-chan yài dtowell-connected; extensive connections
well-connected; extensive connections
เส้นสายดีsên săai deeเส้นสายดีsên săai deewell-connected
well-connected
มือยาวmeu yaaoมือยาวmeu yaao1long reach (physically); influential2light-fingered; prone to stealing (idiom)
- long reach (physically); influential
- light-fingered; prone to stealing (idiom)
มีเส้นสายmee sên săaiมีเส้นสายmee sên săai[to] have connections; [to] have pull
[to] have connections; [to] have pull
แขนยาวkăen yaaoแขนยาวkăen yaao1long-sleeved2influential; well-connected3long-armed
- long-sleeved
- influential; well-connected
- long-armed
Word Breakdown
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เส้นใหญ่sên yàiเส้นใหญ่sên yàiwide rice noodles