ไม้ขัดฟัน(máai kàt fan)

Meanings

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toothpick; tooth-cleaning stick

a small pointed stick used to clean between the teeth or remove bits of food from the teeth

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerไม้ขัดฟันmáai kàt fanไม้ขัดฟันmáai kàt fantoothpick; tooth-cleaning stickหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)อันanอันan1which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)2thing; item (formal/archaic)3classifier for small/abstract items; pieces; units (written/formal)4that (demonstrative pronoun/determiner, formal/poetic)
I would like one floss pick.

Word Breakdown

ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batPart 1
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ขัดkàtขัดkàt1[to] feel awkward; be ill at ease2[to] scrub; scour3abrasive; scratchy4[to] obstruct; block5[to] polish; buff6[to] oppose; contradictPart 2
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ฟันfanฟันfan1tooth; teeth2gear tooth; cog3[to] slash; chop; hack4[to] clamp down; bite (slang)5[to] cut; deduct (informal)Part 3
ไม้ขัดฟันmáai kàt fanไม้ขัดฟันmáai kàt fantoothpick; tooth-cleaning stick