ไม่ให้(mâi hâi)
Meanings
1VerbA1
[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give
to not give or provide something.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
He won't give me money.
2VerbA2
[to] not allow; not let; forbid
to refuse permission or prevent someone from doing something (pattern: ไม่ให้ไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to prevent + [sb] + [verb]).
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketไอศกรีมai-sà-greemไอศกรีมai-sà-greemice cream
Mom doesn't let me eat ice cream.
3ConjunctionB1
so that not; in order to prevent
used before a clause to mean “so that … does not happen.”
Examples
ปิดbpìtปิดbpìt1[to] close; shut2[to] turn off; switch off3[to] cover; seal4closed; shut; not open5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withholdหน้าต่างnâa dtàangหน้าต่างnâa dtàang1window2window (computing)ไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventยุงyungยุงyungmosquitoเข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3[to] understand4[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)5[to] fit; suit; match6[to] begin; start; take effect7cooked rice8rice
Close the window so the mosquitoes don't get in.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
มิให้mí hâiมิให้mí hâi1so as not to; to prevent [sb] from [doing sth]2[to] not allow; forbid [sb] to do [sth]
- so as not to; to prevent [sb] from [doing sth]
- [to] not allow; forbid [sb] to do [sth]
ไม่ยอมให้mâi yom hâiไม่ยอมให้mâi yom hâi[to] refuse to let [sb] do [sth]; [to] not allow [sth]
[to] refuse to let [sb] do [sth]; [to] not allow [sth]
Word Breakdown
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ไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give