ไม่เอา(mâi ao)

Meanings

1VerbA1

[to] not take; not want; refuse; decline

to refuse, reject, or say you do not want or will not take something (an offer, suggestion, item, or action)

Examples

ขอบคุณนะkòp kun náขอบคุณนะkòp kun ná[!] thanks (soft, friendly; with particle นะ)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เอาอันนี้ao an néeเอาอันนี้ao an néeI want this one; I'll take this one
Thanks, but I don’t want this one.
2InterjectionA1

[!] no; I don't want (it); pass

an exclamation used to reject or opt out of something; means 'no' or 'I don't want (it)'

Examples

ไม่เอาmâi aoไม่เอาmâi ao1[to] not take; not want; refuse; decline2[!] no; I don't want (it); passขอบคุณkòp kunขอบคุณkòp kun1[!] thank you; thanks2[to] thank [sb] (for)
No, thanks.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)Part 1
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เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)Part 2
ไม่เอาmâi aoไม่เอาmâi ao[to] not take; not want; refuse; decline