แห้วๆ(hâew hâew)

Meanings

1NounB1

water chestnuts

water chestnuts (plural or collective)

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketน้ำแข็งไสnám kăeng sǎiน้ำแข็งไสnám kăeng sǎi1Thai shaved-ice dessert2shaved ice (plain)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)บอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]แม่ค้าmâe-káaแม่ค้าmâe-káafemale vendor; saleswoman; shopkeeperตักdtàkตักdtàk1lap (of a person)2[to] scoop; ladle; spoon up3[to] admonish; reprimand (mild/formal)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)แห้วๆhâew hâewแห้วๆhâew hâew1disappointed; let down2water chestnuts
When I go eat shaved ice, I like to tell the vendor to scoop only water chestnuts.
2AdjectiveB2

disappointed; let down

somewhat disappointed or let down because one did not get what one hoped for (slang)

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)จีบjèepจีบjèep1[to] flirt; court (informal)2[to] pleat; crimp3[to] pinch (to form folds/edges)4pleat; crimp (fold)สาวsăaoสาวsăao1young woman; girl2classifier: young women3young; youthful (female)4[to] reel; wind; draw inแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)โดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)ปฏิเสธbpà-dtì-sètปฏิเสธbpà-dtì-sèt1[to] refuse; decline2[to] deny3[to] rejectก็เลยgôr loeiก็เลยgôr loeiso; therefore; as a resultกลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleแห้วๆhâew hâewแห้วๆhâew hâew1disappointed; let down2water chestnuts
Today I went to flirt with a girl but got rejected, so I went home feeling a bit disappointed.