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chai

Meanings

1Proper nounA2

Chai (male nickname; short form of ไชยไชยchai1victory (literary/formal)2proper name element-/ชัยชัยchai1victory; triumph2Chai (male given name)-)

a Thai male given name or nickname, often a short form of names beginning with ไชยไชยchai1victory (literary/formal)2proper name element- or ชัยชัยchai1victory; triumph2Chai (male given name)-

Examples

เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeไชchaiไชchai1[to] bore; gnaw through2[to] penetrate; force one’s way in/through3Chai (male nickname; short form of ไชย-/ชัย-)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingชื่อจริงchêu jingชื่อจริงchêu jinggiven name; first nameยาวyaaoยาวyaao1long (length)2long (duration)3[to] lengthen; grow long
Friends call him Chai because his real name is long.
2VerbB2

[to] bore; gnaw through

to make a hole by boring, drilling, or gnawing into something

Examples

ช่างchângช่างchâng1never mind; let it be2how (exclamatory)3artisan; mechanic; technician4crafts-; technical (prefix)5[to] be inclined to; be prone to (do often)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]สว่านsà-wàanสว่านsà-wàan1drill (tool)2auger (boring tool)3auger; boring toolไชchaiไชchai1[to] bore; gnaw through2[to] penetrate; force one’s way in/through3Chai (male nickname; short form of ไชย-/ชัย-)ผนังpà-năngผนังpà-năng1wall (of a room/building)2wall surface3membrane wall (anatomy/biology)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofแขวนkwăenแขวนkwăen1[to] hang [sth]; suspend [sth] from above2[to] suspend; put on hold; shelve3[to] hang (execute)กรอบรูปgròp rôopกรอบรูปgròp rôop1picture frame; photo frame2framed picture (colloq.)
The technician drilled into the wall to hang a picture frame.
3VerbB2

[to] penetrate; force one’s way in/through

to push, work, or wriggle one’s way into or through something

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไชchaiไชchai1[to] bore; gnaw through2[to] penetrate; force one’s way in/through3Chai (male nickname; short form of ไชย-/ชัย-)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)ฝ่าfàaฝ่าfàa1[to] defy; go against2[to] push through; break throughฝูงfǔngฝูงfǔng1herd; flock; swarm (group of animals or similar things)2crowd; throng; mob (large group of people)3classifier for groups of animals/thingsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คอนเสิร์ตkon sèrtคอนเสิร์ตkon sèrt1concert2classifier: งาน / รอบจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofไปถึงbpai tĕungไปถึงbpai tĕung1[to] arrive at; get to; reach (a place)2[to] reach; extend to (level/amount/scope)3[to] reach; be delivered to (sb/sth)หน้าเวทีnâa way-teeหน้าเวทีnâa way-teefront of the stageได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)
He wriggled his way through the crowd at the concert until he reached the front of the stage.

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