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máai-táo kăao

Meanings

1NounB1

white cane (for the visually impaired)

a white-colored mobility cane used by blind or visually impaired people, also serving as a recognition and traffic-safety symbol

Examples

คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ไม้เท้าขาวmáai-táo kăaoไม้เท้าขาวmáai-táo kăaowhite cane (for the visually impaired)ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การเดินgaan dernการเดินgaan dern1walking; the act of walking2gait
That person is using a white cane to help with walking.

Word Breakdown

ไม้เท้าmáai táaoไม้เท้าmáai táao1walking stick; cane2staff (symbolic/functional)Part 1
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ขาวkăaoขาวkăao1white (color)2fair-skinned; light-complexioned3white (substance/thing)4[to] turn white; whiten5plain; unseasoned (esp. rice)Part 2
ไม้เท้าขาวmáai-táo kăaoไม้เท้าขาวmáai-táo kăaowhite cane (for the visually impaired)