โทรโข่ง(toh-rá-kòhng)

Meanings

1NounB1

megaphone; bullhorn

a cone-shaped device used to amplify a person's voice.

Examples

คุณครูkun kruuคุณครูkun kruu1teacher (polite/honorific)2Mr./Ms. + Teacher (form of address)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]โทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhngโทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhng1megaphone; bullhorn2mouthpiece (figurative)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)นักเรียนnák riianนักเรียนnák riianschool student; pupilในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สนามsà-năamสนามsà-năam1field; court; pitch; ground2yard; open ground3area; sphere (of activity)4field (physics)
The teacher used a megaphone to talk to the students in the field.
2NounB2

mouthpiece (figurative)

figurative: a person or channel that loudly spreads another group's or leader's messages.

Examples

สื่อsèuuสื่อsèuu1media; the media; mass media2medium; means; channel of communication3medium (spiritual/occult)4[to] convey; communicateบางbaangบางbaang1some; certain2thin; slightสำนักsăm-nákสำนักsăm-nák1office; bureau; agency2school; sect; tradition3residence; establishment; headquarters4conscience; sense of right and wrongทำตัวtam dtuuaทำตัวtam dtuua1[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself2[to] act like; present oneself as; make oneself out to beเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsโทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhngโทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhng1megaphone; bullhorn2mouthpiece (figurative)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitรัฐบาลrát-tà-baanรัฐบาลrát-tà-baan1government (executive)2the government; public sectorคอยkoiคอยkoi1[to] wait (for [sb]/[sth])2keep (doing); keep on (doing)3[to] be on standby; be readyรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเข้าข้างkâo kâangเข้าข้างkâo kâang[to] side with [sb/sth]; be biased toward [sb/sth]ตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identity
Some media outlets act as the government's mouthpiece, only reporting news that favors their side.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

โทรtohโทรtoh1[to] call; phone2by phone (prefix)Part 1
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โข่งkòhngโข่งkòhng1overgrown; unusually large2apple snailPart 2
โทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhngโทรโข่งtoh-rá-kòhngmegaphone; bullhorn