ไม่รู้(mâi rúu)
Meanings
1VerbA1
[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain
to not have knowledge or information about something; to be unaware or uncertain.
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hill
I don't know his name.
2InterjectionA1
[!] I don't know.
used as a common reply to indicate that one does not know the answer to a question.
Examples
Aนี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)อะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)Bไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.
A: What is this? B: Don't know.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
บ่ฮู้bò hûuบ่ฮู้bò hûudon’t know (Isan/Northern)
don’t know (Isan/Northern)
ไม่รู้อ่ะmâi róo àไม่รู้อ่ะmâi róo àI don't know; dunno
I don't know; dunno
ไม่ทราบmâi sâapไม่ทราบmâi sâap1[to] not know [sth]; be unaware (polite/formal)2[!] I don't know3[polite preface] May I ask…; Do you happen to know…
- [to] not know [sth]; be unaware (polite/formal)
- [!] I don't know
- [polite preface] May I ask…; Do you happen to know…
ไม่รู้สิmâi rúu sìไม่รู้สิmâi rúu sìI don't know; not sure (casual)
I don't know; not sure (casual)
บ่าฮู้bàa hûuบ่าฮู้bàa hûu[to] not know (Northern Thai)
[to] not know (Northern Thai)
Word Breakdown
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ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain