โข่ง(kòhng)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

overgrown; unusually large

overgrown, unusually large, or older than one's peers (often used colloquially to describe a student who is much older than their classmates or an adult acting childishly)

Examples

อายุaa-yúอายุaa-yú1age2lifespan; service life3[to] be X years oldตั้งdtângตั้งdtâng1[to] set up; establish; found2[to] appoint; nominate3[to] put aside; save (money)4[to] aim; focus (eyes, mind)5classifier: sets; collections; installations6[to] set; fix (value, rule, goal)7[to] place upright; stand; erect8stack; pile; bundle9as much as; as many asยี่yêeยี่yêe1two- (Sino-Thai bound form)2twenty (arch./dial.)สิsìสิsì1[!] emphatic particle (statement)2[!] urging/encouraging particle (imperative)3[!] reassuring/affirming particleบกbòkบกbòk1land; dry land2ashore; on land3army; ground forces4editor(-in-chief) (abbr.)ว่าแล้วwâa láewว่าแล้วwâa láew1[!] I knew it!; Just as I thought!2then; whereupon; having said thatยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)ของเล่นkŏng lênของเล่นkŏng lên1toy; plaything2novelty; fun gadget3plaything (figurative)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenโข่งkòhngโข่งkòhng1overgrown; unusually large2apple snailไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
You're already in your twenties, yet you still like playing with toys like an overgrown child.
2NounB2

apple snail

a type of large freshwater snail, commonly known as an apple snail

Examples

ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เดินหาdern hăaเดินหาdern hăa[to] walk around looking for [sb] or [sth]หอยhŏiหอยhŏi1shellfish; mollusk (general)2snail3vulgar slang: female genitalia4classifier: shellfish/snails (individuals)โข่งkòhngโข่งkòhng1overgrown; unusually large2apple snailในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นาข้าวnaa kâaoนาข้าวnaa kâaorice paddy; rice fieldกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game)
When I was a kid, I liked to go walking and looking for apple snails in the rice field with my grandpa.