ไม้ตาย(máai dtaai)
Meanings
1NounB2
last resort; trump card; secret weapon
a final or decisive tactic kept for crucial moments when other methods have failed
Examples
ถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ง่ายๆngâai ngâaiง่ายๆngâai ngâai1easy; simple; uncomplicated2plain; low-key; informal3simply; casually; without much effort4easygoing; not fussy (of a person)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoไม้ตายmáai dtaaiไม้ตายmáai dtaai1last resort; trump card; secret weapon2finishing move; decisive blowอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)อย่างหนึ่งyàang nèungอย่างหนึ่งyàang nèung1one thing/kind2for one thing; on one hand
If he doesn't give in easily, I still have one final tactic.
2NounB2
finishing move; decisive blow
a move or action intended to end a contest or dispute decisively (e.g., in martial arts, games, or arguments)
Examples
นักมวยnák muuayนักมวยnák muuay1boxer; prizefighter2Muay Thai boxerคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoหมัดmàtหมัดmàt1flea2punch (fist strike)ขวาkwăaขวาkwăa1right (direction/side)2the right; right side3turn right; go rightเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsไม้ตายmáai dtaaiไม้ตายmáai dtaai1last resort; trump card; secret weapon2finishing move; decisive blowที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotน็อคnókน็อคnók1[to] knock out [sb]2knockout; KO3[to] stall/cut out (of an engine)4[to] pass out; be wiped out (inf.)คู่ต่อสู้kôo dtòr sôoคู่ต่อสู้kôo dtòr sôoopponent; adversary; rivalมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายคนlăai konหลายคนlăai konmany/several peopleแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
That boxer has a right hook as a finishing move that has knocked out many opponents.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ท่าไม้ตายtâa máai dtaaiท่าไม้ตายtâa máai dtaai1finishing/ultimate move2signature move; trump card (figurative)
- finishing/ultimate move
- signature move; trump card (figurative)
มรณฆาตmo-rá-ná-kâatมรณฆาตmo-rá-ná-kâat1deathblow; fatal blow2decisive final blow (figurative)
- deathblow; fatal blow
- decisive final blow (figurative)
อาวุธลับaa-wút lápอาวุธลับaa-wút lápsecret weapon
secret weapon
หมัดเด็ดmàt dètหมัดเด็ดmàt dèt1knockout punch; finishing blow2decisive move; trump card; killer feature
- knockout punch; finishing blow
- decisive move; trump card; killer feature
ไพ่ใบสุดท้ายpâi bai sùt-táaiไพ่ใบสุดท้ายpâi bai sùt-táai1the last card2last resort; final move
- the last card
- last resort; final move
Word Breakdown
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ไม้ตายmáai dtaaiไม้ตายmáai dtaailast resort; trump card; secret weapon