ไอ้เข้(âi kây)
Meanings
1NounB1
crocodile
a crocodile; an alternative word for จระเข้จระเข้jor-rá-kâe1crocodile (animal)2cunning/predatory person (figurative).
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asไอ้เข้âi kâyไอ้เข้âi kâycrocodileตัวใหญ่dtuua yàiตัวใหญ่dtuua yài1big; large-bodied2large letters; uppercase (colloq.)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditches
The villagers saw a big crocodile in the canal.