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| หนัง nangR |  |
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| 1. | cinema; film; movie |
| 2. | animal hide; leather; skin; flesh |
| 3. | shadow puppet; performance of shadow puppetry |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | หฺนัง |
| IPA | nǎŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | nang |
1.  [noun, colloquial] | |||
| definition | cinema; film; movie | ||
| classifier | เรื่อง  | reuuangF | [numerical classifier for dreams, stories, narratives] |
| categories | |||
| related words | ภาพยนตร์ | phaapF phaH yohnM | movie; moving picture; film; motion picture |
| ภายนตร์ | phaaM yohnM | cinema; motion picture | |
| examples | ดูหนัง | duuM nangR | to watch a movie |
| โรงหนัง | ro:hngM nangR | movie theater; cinema | |
| ดาราหนัง | daaM raaM nangR | movie star; film celebrity | |
| หนังโป๊ | nangR bpo:hH | x-rated or porn movie or film | |
| ถ่ายหนัง | thaaiL nangR | to make a movie; to film | |
| หนังผี | nangR pheeR | ghost, horror or scary movie; "The Exorcist" type of movie | |
| จอหนัง | jaawM nangR | movie screen | |
| ดีวีดีหนังผี | deeM weeM deeM nangR pheeR | Thai ghost movie DVDs | |
| ตั๋วหนัง | dtuaaR nangR | cinema ticket; ticket to a movie theater | |
| หนังเรื่อง | nangR reuuangF | the story of a movie or film | |
| sample sentences | |||
| 2. [noun, colloquial] | |||
| definition | animal hide; leather; skin; flesh | ||
| notes | Animal hide was used to create shadow puppets, which was a major form of entertainment before the invention of motion pictures; when films came along, the name stuck. | ||
| examples | รองเท้าหนังสวมเดินเล่น | raawngM thaaoH nangR suaamR deernM lenF | loafer (shoe) |
| หนังหุ้มลึงค์ | nangR hoomF leungM | foreskin of the penis; the prepuce of a male | |
| หนังหุ้มปลาย | nangR hoomF bplaaiM | foreskin of the penis | |
| หนังตา | nangR dtaaM | eyelid | |
| หนังกลับ | nangR glapL | suede | |
| รองเท้าหนัง | raawngM thaaoH nangR | leather shoes | |
| ถลกหนังหัว | thaL lohkL nangR huaaR | to scalp | |
| โรคผิวหนังผื่นคัน | ro:hkF phiuR nangR pheuunL khanM | prickly heat | |
| ผื่นบนผิวหนัง | pheuunL bohnM phiuR nangR | rash on skin | |
| หนังหัว | nangR huaaR | the scalp | |
| หนังศีรษะ | nangR seeR saL | the scalp | |
| หนังสัตว์ | nangR satL | animal skin; hide | |
| ผิวหนัง | phiuR nangR | skin | |
| โรคผิวหนัง | ro:hkF phiuR nangR | skin diseases | |
| ลวดหนัง | luaatF nangR | thong | |
| เนื้อหนังมังสะ | neuuaH nangR mangM saL | flesh; the human body | |
| คาหนังคาเขา | khaaM nangR khaaM khaoR | red-handed, clearly | |
| หนังไก่ | nangR gaiL | chicken skin | |
| หนังกำพร้า | nangR gamM phraaH | epidermis | |
| หนังหน้าไฟ | nangR naaF faiM | one who suffers before others; first line of defense, one who bears the brunt of an attack | |
| ลูกหนัง | luukF nangR | football, lit. ball [made of] skin | |
| หนังยาง | nangR yaangM | rubber band | |
| หนังพอง | nangR phaawngM | skin blister | |
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| 3. [noun] | |||
| definition | shadow puppet; performance of shadow puppetry | ||
| example | หนังตะลุง | nangR dtaL loongM | shadow puppet (made of buffalo hide which is beaten until it is transparent) |
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