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mâi róo mâi chée

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] be indifferent; [to] feign ignorance

to act as if you do not know about something, often to avoid responsibility; to be indifferent or unconcerned.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveแก้วgâewแก้วgâew1drinking glass2glass (material)3crystal; precious gem4classifier: glasses of drinkแตกdtàekแตกdtàek1[to] crack; break; shatter2[to] burst; rupture3broken; cracked4[to] split up; fall apart (figurative)5[to] leak out; be revealed (slang)ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำเป็นไม่รู้ไม่ชี้tam bpen mâi rúu mâi chéeทำเป็นไม่รู้ไม่ชี้tam bpen mâi rúu mâi chée[to] pretend not to know; [to] feign ignorance
When I asked who broke the glass, everyone acted as if they didn't know.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.Part 1
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ไม่ชี้mâi chéeไม่ชี้mâi chée[to] not point (at [sb]/[sth]); not indicate [sth]Part 2
ไม่รู้ไม่ชี้mâi róo mâi chéeไม่รู้ไม่ชี้mâi róo mâi chée[to] be indifferent; [to] feign ignorance