แหก(hàek)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] tear open; rip open; force open

To tear, rip, or force something open, often with effort.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillโมโหmoh-hŏhโมโหmoh-hŏh1angry; mad2[to] get angry; be angryเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)แหกhàekแหกhàek1[to] tear open; rip open; force open2[to] spread wide; splay3(coll.) [to] flout; defy (a rule, law)4(coll.) [to] break through; run (a checkpoint); force one's way outซองจดหมายsong jòt-măaiซองจดหมายsong jòt-măaienvelope (for a letter)
He got angry and tore open the envelope.
2VerbB2

[to] spread wide; splay

To spread or pull something wide apart, especially parts of the body.

Examples

หมอฟันmŏr fanหมอฟันmŏr fandentistบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]คนไข้kon kâiคนไข้kon kâipatient (medical)แหกhàekแหกhàek1[to] tear open; rip open; force open2[to] spread wide; splay3(coll.) [to] flout; defy (a rule, law)4(coll.) [to] break through; run (a checkpoint); force one's way outปากbpàakปากbpàak1mouth2opening; mouth (of things)3rim; lip (of a container/wound)4speech; manner of speaking (figurative)กว้างๆgwâang gwâangกว้างๆgwâang gwâang1broadly; generally; in general terms2quite wide; rather broadเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ตรวจdtrùuatตรวจdtrùuat1[to] check; inspect; examine2[to] examine medically; test3inspection; check; examinationฟันfanฟันfan1tooth; teeth2gear tooth; cog3[to] slash; chop; hack4[to] clamp down; bite (slang)5[to] cut; deduct (informal)6[to] overcharge [sb]; [to] rip off (slang)7[to] have sex (slang)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedสะดวกsà-dùuakสะดวกsà-dùuak1convenient2available; free (time)3at your convenience (polite usage)
The dentist told the patient to open his mouth wide so they could check the teeth easily.
3VerbB2

(coll.) [to] flout; defy (a rule, law)

(Colloquial) To flout or openly break a rule, law, norm, or agreement.

Examples

ถึงจะtĕung jàถึงจะtĕung jà1only if; only when; not until2even if; even though; although (often with ก็)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoกฎgòtกฎgòt1rule; regulation2law (scientific/natural); principleห้ามhâamห้ามhâam1[to] forbid; prohibit2[to] ban (officially)3[n.] prohibitionเข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3[to] understand4[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)5[to] fit; suit; match6[to] begin; start; take effect7cooked rice8riceแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)แหกhàekแหกhàek1[to] tear open; rip open; force open2[to] spread wide; splay3(coll.) [to] flout; defy (a rule, law)4(coll.) [to] break through; run (a checkpoint); force one's way outกฎgòtกฎgòt1rule; regulation2law (scientific/natural); principleเข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)จนได้jon dâiจนได้jon dâi1ended up (resultative, often undesired)2eventually; in the end; after all3There it is; so it happened (after all)
Even though there was a rule prohibiting entry, he still broke the rule and went in anyway.
4VerbB2

(coll.) [to] break through; run (a checkpoint); force one's way out

(Colloquial) To break through a barrier or force one's way out; often used for running a checkpoint or escaping custody.

Examples

นักโทษnák tôhtนักโทษnák tôht1convict2prisoner; inmateพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptแหกคุกhàek kúkแหกคุกhàek kúk[to] escape from prisonตอนกลางdton glaangตอนกลางdton glaang1middle; central part2mid-; central3in the middleดึกdèukดึกdèuk1late at night; late2late at nightแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ผู้คุมpôo kumผู้คุมpôo kum1prison guard; corrections officer2overseer; supervisor (by extension)จับได้jàp 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)ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; former
The prisoner tried to break out of prison in the middle of the night, but was caught by the guards first.

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