แม่ปู(mâe bpuu)
Meanings
1NounB1
female crab (mother crab)
An adult female crab; literally ‘mother crab’. Often used when referring to a crab with eggs.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ชาวประมงchaao bprà-mongชาวประมงchaao bprà-mongfisher; fisherman/fisherwoman; fisherfolkจับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)แม่ปูmâe bpuuแม่ปูmâe bpuu1female crab (mother crab)2mother as a teacher of exampleที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoไข่kàiไข่kài1[to] lay eggs; spawn2testicles (vulgar/slang)3egg4zero score (slang, sports/exams)เต็มท้องdtem tóngเต็มท้องdtem tóngfull (stomach); stuffed
Today the fishermen caught a female crab with a belly full of eggs.
2NounC1
mother as a teacher of example
In the proverb แม่ปูสอนลูกเดินตรง (‘a mother crab teaches her young to walk straight’), used to criticize someone who sets an example they themselves do not follow (hypocrisy).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)สั่งให้sàng hâiสั่งให้sàng hâi[to] order [sb] to do [sth]คนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personตรงต่อเวลาdtrong dtòr way-laaตรงต่อเวลาdtrong dtòr way-laa1punctual2on time; punctuallyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสายsăaiสายsăai1line; 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 agentทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); dailyแบบนี้bàep néeแบบนี้bàep née1like this; in this way2this kind/type (modifier)3this kind (standalone)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแม่ปูmâe bpuuแม่ปูmâe bpuu1female crab (mother crab)2mother as a teacher of exampleนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
He likes to tell others to be punctual, but he himself is late every day—this is being a hypocrite.
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แม่ปูmâe bpuuแม่ปูmâe bpuufemale crab (mother crab)