เอาแต่ใจตัวเอง(ao dtàe jai dtuua eng)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

selfish; self-centered; self-indulgent

being selfish or self-centered; caring only about what one wants, without considering others

Examples

เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herเอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua engเอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua eng1selfish; self-centered; self-indulgent2[to] insist on getting one's own way; [to] act self-indulgentlyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyไม่เคยmâi koieไม่เคยmâi koienever; have neverคิดถึงkít tĕungคิดถึงkít tĕung1[to] miss [sb/sth]; long for2[to] think of; remember [sb/sth]ความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèuk1feeling; emotion2sensation; sensory feeling3intuition; hunch4sentiment; attitudeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
You are so selfish; you never think about other people's feelings.
2VerbB1

[to] insist on getting one's own way; [to] act self-indulgently

to behave in a way that demands things be done exactly as one wants, without caring about others

Examples

เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua engเอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua eng1selfish; self-centered; self-indulgent2[to] insist on getting one's own way; [to] act self-indulgentlyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotอยากได้yàak dâiอยากได้yàak dâi[to] want (to have); would like (to get)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ร้องไห้róng hâiร้องไห้róng hâi1[to] cry; weep2[to] sob
That child is very demanding; when he doesn't get what he wants, he cries.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เอาแต่ใจao dtàe jaiเอาแต่ใจao dtàe jai1self-centered; stubbornly willful2[to] insist on one’s own way; be self-indulgentPart 1
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ตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityPart 2
เอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua engเอาแต่ใจตัวเองao dtàe jai dtuua engselfish; self-centered; self-indulgent