แข็งข้อ(kăeng kôr)

Meanings

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[to] be defiant; [to] be rebellious

to be defiant, rebellious, or insubordinate against authority.

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)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toแข็งข้อkăeng kôrแข็งข้อkăeng kôr[to] be defiant; [to] be rebelliousกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)พ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparentsเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)เข้าสู่kâo sòoเข้าสู่kâo sòo1[to] enter; go into (a place/area)2[to] enter/transition into (a state/period/stage)วัยรุ่นwai rûnวัยรุ่นwai rûn1teenager; youth (person/people)2adolescence; the teenage years3teenage; for teens; youthful
That child started to be defiant towards his parents upon entering his teenage years.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

แข็งkăengแข็งkăeng1hard; solid2stiff; rigid; firm3strong; tough (person/stance)4frozen5stale (rice)6erectPart 1
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ข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questions6node; joint; segment (botany/zoology)Part 2
แข็งข้อkăeng kôrแข็งข้อkăeng kôr[to] be defiant; [to] be rebellious