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| หัว huaaR | ![]() |
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| 1. | head; brain; bulb; tuber |
| 2. | the "heads" side of a coin |
| 3. | to laugh; to giggle; to chuckle |
| 4. | [prefix] inclined to be |
| 5. | front; gate; beginning |
| 6. | essence; chief; principal part |
| 7. | principal |
| 8. | [numerical classifier for head-like objects] |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | หัว |
| IPA | hǔːa |
| Royal Thai General System | hua |
| alternate spelling | หวัว | wuaaR | |
1.  [noun] | |||
| definition | head; brain; bulb; tuber | ||
| categories | |||
| related words | ศีรษะ ![]() | seeR saL | [of a human body only] the head |
| สิร | siL raH | head; top; summit | |
| examples | หัวล้าน![]() ![]() | huaaR laanH | [is] bald-headed |
เวียนหัว![]() ![]() | wiianM huaaR | dizzy; giddy | |
หัวหอม![]() ![]() | huaaR haawmR | onion | |
นิ้วหัวแม่มือ![]() ![]() | niuH huaaR maaeF meuuM | thumb | |
หัวใจ![]() ![]() | huaaR jaiM | [of human anatomy] the heart; [of emotions] heart; mind; feelings; sensibility; [of a story] essence; essential part | |
หัวเข่า![]() ![]() | huaaR khaoL | knee | |
หัวก๊อกน้ำ![]() ![]() | huaaR gaawkH naamH | faucet; water faucet | |
หัวก๊อกดับเพลิง ![]() ![]() | huaaR gaawkH dapL phleerngM | fire hydrant | |
ฝาครอบหัวนมยาง![]() ![]() | faaR khraawpF huaaR nohmM yaangM | lid or screw-on cap for a baby's bottle | |
ผนังหัวเตียง![]() ![]() | phaL nangR huaaR dtiiangM | headboard | |
หัวนม![]() ![]() | huaaR nohmM | nipple | |
หัวสูบฉีดน้ำมัน![]() ![]() | huaaR suupL cheetL namH manM | gasoline pump nozzle | |
ปวดหัว![]() ![]() | bpuaatL huaaR | headache; hangover | |
เข็มหมุดหัวเล็ก![]() ![]() | khemR mootL huaaR lekH | straight pin | |
หัวเทียน ![]() ![]() | huaaR thiianM | spark plug | |
หัวเรือ ![]() ![]() | huaaR reuuaM | bow (of a boat); the front of a boat | |
หัวฝักบัว![]() ![]() | huaaR fakL buaaM | shower head | |
หัวโขน![]() ![]() | huaaR kho:hnR | mask worn by a dancer in the Thai classical dance and drama form, "kohn" | |
ทูนหัวให้![]() ![]() | thuunM huaaR haiF | to humbly present | |
ถลกหนังหัว![]() ![]() | thaL lohkL nangR huaaR | to scalp | |
เจ้าอยู่หัว![]() ![]() | jaoF yuuL huaaR | king | |
หัวกลม![]() | huaaR glohmM | knob; protrusion | |
พระเจ้าอยู่หัว![]() | phraH jaoF yuuL huaaR | His Majesty the King | |
หนังหัว![]() | nangR huaaR | the scalp | |
ก้มหัว![]() | gohmF huaaR | succumb; yield; submit; give in | |
นิ้วหัวแม่เท้า![]() | niuH huaaR maaeF thaaoH | big toe | |
หัวหน้า![]() | huaaR naaF | chief; head; leader; appointee | |
เกี่ยวกับหัว![]() | giaaoL gapL huaaR | head | |
หัวข้อ![]() | huaaR khaawF | the main case; the topic; the subject | |
ส่วนหัว![]() | suaanL huaaR | head | |
หัวต่อ![]() | huaaR dtaawL | joint | |
หัวควย![]() | huaaR khuayM | [an extremely vulgar curse] cockhead | |
พาดหัว![]() | phaatF huaaR | heading; title; headline | |
นกหัวขวาน ![]() | nohkH huaaR khwaanR | woodpecker | |
แม่ทูนหัว![]() | maaeF thuunM huaaR | my darling | |
ทูนหัว![]() | thuunM huaaR | [a title of endearment] "mistress of mine" — "master of mine" | |
หัวแก้วหัวแหวน![]() | huaaR gaaeoF huaaR waaenR | my beloved; most-beloved; cherished; the apple of one's eye | |
ผงกหัว![]() ![]() | phaL ngohkL huaaR | nod one's head | |
ไอ้แก่หัวงู!![]() ![]() | aiF gaaeL huaaR nguuM | [colloquial expletive idiom showing strong disapproval] a dirty rotten tricky old man who likes to seduce or like seducing young girls; a dirty rotten tricky old man who performs an indecent and sexual act against a girl | |
หัวไม้![]() ![]() | huaaR maaiH | gangster; ruffian; rogue | |
หัวเตา![]() ![]() | huaaR dtaoM | burner | |
หัวคุ้ง![]() | huaaR khoongH | head of the river bend | |
หัวเลี้ยว![]() | huaaR liaaoH | a bend in the road | |
หัวสูง![]() | huaaR suungR | [is] arrogant | |
หัวสะพาน![]() | huaaR saL phaanM | bridgehead | |
หัวหมู![]() | huaaR muuR | a pig's head | |
หัวอ่อน![]() | huaaR aawnL | [of a person] [is] gentle; mild; obedient | |
หัวแหวน![]() | huaaR waaenR | bezel; the setting of a ring | |
หัวน้ำมัน![]() | huaaR namH manM | essential oil | |
หัวแร่![]() | huaaR raaeF | ore concentrate | |
หัวเหล้า![]() | huaaR laoF | higher fractions of distilled alcohol | |
กดหัว![]() | gohtL huaaR | to oppress; to boss (around) | |
หัวไม้![]() | huaaR maaiH | stump of trees or fragments of wood | |
ตะปูหัวโต ![]() | dtaL bpuuM huaaR dto:hM | tack; pin | |
หัวกะโหลก![]() | huaaR gaL lo:hkL | skull; cranium | |
หัวโค้ง![]() | huaaR kho:hngH | the head of the curve | |
หัวลำโพง![]() ![]() | huaaR lamM pho:hngM | Hua Lamphong; Hua Lampong | |
หัวชนฝา![]() | huaaR chohnM faaR | stubbornly; obstinately; uncompromisingly | |
หัวใส![]() | huaaR saiR | shrewd; bright; resourceful | |
หัวปลี![]() | huaaR bpleeM | banana blossom; banana flower bud | |
หดหัว![]() | hohtL huaaR | hide (one's) head; shrink from | |
ตกใส่หัว![]() | dtohkL saiL huaaR | to have something fall on one's head | |
หัวข่าว![]() | huaaR khaaoL | (news) headline | |
กะลาหัว![]() | gaL laaM huaaR | skull; head | |
ยกหัวแม่มือ![]() | yohkH huaaR maaeF meuuM | to give the "thumbs up" to | |
หัวแม่มือ![]() | huaaR maaeF meuuM | thumb | |
หัวหาด![]() ![]() | huaaR haatL | beach-head | |
ฟาดหัวฟาดหาง![]() | faatF huaaR faatF haangR | to lash out; to become infuriated | |
หัวเด็ดตีนขาด![]() | huaaR detL dteenM khaatL | absolutely; unyielding | |
หัวเดียวกระเทียมลีบ![]() | huaaR diaaoM graL thiiamM leepF | friendless; lonely and helpless; alone; lonely | |
เปลืองหัว![]() | bpleuuangM huaaR | [is] mentally challenging; mentally consuming | |
หัวร้างข้างแตก![]() | huaaR raangH khaangF dtaaekL | [is] beaten and bruised | |
หัวซุกหัวซุน![]() | huaaR sookH huaaR soonM | in a headlong rush; in a hurry | |
กลัวหัวหด![]() | gluaaM huaaR hohtL | [is] horrified; appalled; terrified; overwhelmed with fear | |
รวมหัว![]() | ruaamM huaaR | to conspire; join force | |
หัวหมอ![]() | huaaR maawR | wise; crafty; wisecrackers | |
หัวคะแนน![]() | huaaR khaH naaenM | election canvasser; election campaigner | |
เบี้ยหัวแตก![]() | biiaF huaaR dtaaekL | bit of money; bits of income | |
หัวนอนปลายตีน![]() | huaaR naawnM bplaaiM dteenM | background; origin; family and status; antecedents | |
สุมหัว![]() | soomR huaaR | to conspire; cooperate; concur; conduce | |
ค่าหัวนำจับ![]() | khaaF huaaR namM japL | a reward for the capture of | |
นกสองหัว![]() | nohkH saawngR huaaR | a person who wants to play both sides of the fence; a person who wants to ingratiate himself into two opposing factions. | |
ทั่วหัวระแหง![]() | thuaaF huaaR raH ngaaeR | everywhere | |
ตบหัวลูบหลัง![]() | dtohpL huaaR luupF langR | to chastise then praise; to play good cop – bad cop | |
นกเอี้ยงหัวสีทอง![]() | nohkH iiangF huaaR seeR thaawngM | golden-crested myna | |
หัวรบ![]() | huaaR rohpH | warhead | |
หนักกบาลหัว![]() | nakL gaL baanM huaaR | [is] the business of; bears the burden of; [is] a burdensome responsibility of | |
หัวรถจักร![]() | huaaR rohtH jakL | locomotive; train engine | |
หมายหัว![]() | maaiR huaaR | to make a mental note of someone; single someone out | |
หัวรุนแรง![]() | huaaR roonM raaengM | radical; aggressive; extreme; fanatical | |
หัวราน้ำ![]() | huaaR raaM naamH | [is] dead drunk; unconcious from drinking | |
คนหัวงู![]() | khohnM huaaR nguuM | [lit. "snake headed person"] womanizer; casanova; playboy | |
หัวเหน่ง![]() | huaaR nengL | [is] bald; balding | |
หัวเถิก![]() | huaaR theerkL | [is] balding; one's hairline is receding | |
หัวหอก![]() | huaaR haawkL | spearhead; tip of a spear | |
หัวหอก![]() | huaaR haawkL | advance guard; first attacking unit; spearhead | |
หัวปักหัวปำ![]() | huaaR bpakL huaaR bpamM | unable to lift one's head up, by implication, intently; intensely; without stop | |
หัวปักหัวปำ![]() | huaaR bpakL huaaR bpamM | intensively; fully and completely; head over heels | |
ร่วมหัวจมท้าย![]() | ruaamF huaaR johmM thaaiH | to agree to become husband and wife together; to sink or swim together | |
หัวเห็ด![]() | huaaR hetL | large-headed (nail) | |
หัวเห็ด![]() | huaaR hetL | [is] stubborn | |
หมาหัวเน่า![]() | maaR huaaR naoF | an outcast; pariah | |
หัวระแหง![]() | huaaR raH ngaaeR | everywhere | |
เอาหัวเดินต่างตีน![]() | aoM huaaR deernM dtaangL dteenM | to do what is virtually impossible to do | |
หัวแก้วหัวแหวน![]() ![]() | huaaR gaaeoF huaaR waaenR | most beloved | |
หัวฉีด![]() | huaaR cheetL | injector (for an automobile or motorcycle) | |
ปวดหัว![]() | bpuaatL huaaR | to have a headache | |
กลับหัวกลับหาง![]() | glapL huaaR glapL haangR | backward; in an inverse manner; putting the cart before the horse | |
| sample sentences | |||
| as a prefix | หัวแข็ง | huaaR khaengR | [is] obstinate |
หัวแครอท ![]() | huaaR khaaeM raawtF | a carrot | |
| หัวโจก | huaaR jo:hkL | gang leader; shot-caller | |
| หัวดื้อ | huaaR deuuF | [is] stubborn | |
| หัวรั้น | huaaR ranH | [is] obstinate | |
| หัวแร้ง | huaaR raaengH | soldering iron | |
| หัวเสีย | huaaR siiaR | [is] in a bad temper; furious | |
| 2.  [noun] | |||
| definition | the "heads" side of a coin | ||
| examples | โยนก้อยโยนหัว![]() | yo:hnM gaawyF yo:hnM huaaR | to flip a coin; "heads or tails" |
การเสี่ยงหัวก้อย![]() | gaanM siiangL huaaR gaawyF | flipping a coin | |
| 3.  [verb, intransitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | to laugh; to giggle; to chuckle | ||
| related words | ขบขัน ![]() | khohpL khanR | amused; funny; be amused; humorous; amusing |
ขัน ![]() | khanR | [is] amused; amusing; funny; jocular; comic; comical; humourous; laughable; ridiculous | |
ขำ ![]() | khamR | [is] amused or amusing | |
ขำขัน![]() | khamR khanR | comical; funny | |
ตลก ![]() | dtaL lohkL | [is] funny; comedic | |
| หัวร่อ | huaaR raawF | [a variation of หัวเราะ] to laugh | |
| หัวเราะ | huaaR rawH | to laugh | |
หัวเราะก๊าก![]() | huaaR rawH gaakH | to burst into a loud guffaw | |
หัวเราะกิ๊ก![]() | huaaR rawH gikH | to emit a suppressed laugh | |
หัวเราะคิก![]() | huaaR rawH khikH | to giggle | |
| ฮา | haaM | to guffaw | |
| 4.  [adjective, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [prefix] inclined to be | ||
| categories | |||
| examples | พวกหัวรุนแรง![]() | phuaakF huaaR roonM raaengM | a group of extremists |
หัวทึบ![]() ![]() | huaaR theupH | stupid-head; imbecile | |
| 5.  [noun, colloquial] | |||
| definition | front; gate; beginning | ||
| examples | หัวค่ำ![]() ![]() | huaaR khamF | evening |
หัวเมือง![]() | huaaR meuuangM | upcountry; in the provinces; outside major cities | |
หัวบันได![]() | huaaR banM daiM | head or top of a flight of stairs | |
หัวมุม![]() | huaaR moomM | corner | |
ล่มหัวจมท้าย![]() | lohmF huaaR johmM thaaiH | to agree to become husband and wife | |
| 6.  [noun, colloquial] | |||
| definition | essence; chief; principal part | ||
| examples | ลูกหัวปี![]() | luukF huaaR bpeeM | eldest child; firstborn |
ช่างหัวมัน![]() | changF huaaR manM | “Never mind!” “Forget about it!” | |
| 7.  [adjective, colloquial] | |||
| definition | principal | ||
| examples | รดน้ำดำหัว![]() | rohtH naamH damM huaaR | water sprinkling (ceremony) |
| 8.  [classifier] | |||
| definition | [numerical classifier for head-like objects] | ||
| enumerated nouns | กระเทียม ![]() | graL thiiamM | garlic |
| กลอย | glaawyM | wild yam Dioscorea hispida | |
ขิง ![]() | khingR | [general] ginger | |
ผักกาดขาว![]() ![]() | phakL gaatL khaaoR | Chinese cabbage | |
ผักกาดเขียว![]() ![]() | phakL gaatL khiaaoR | Chinese mustard | |
เผือก ![]() | pheuuakL | taro root, Colocasia esculentum | |
ฝี ![]() | feeR | boil (inflamed pus-filled sore on skin); pustule; abscess; furuncle; pock | |
มันฝรั่ง![]() ![]() | manM faL rangL | [general] Irish potato; potato | |
ศีรษะ ![]() | seeR saL | [of a human body only] the head | |
หัวก๊อกน้ำ![]() ![]() | huaaR gaawkH naamH | faucet; water faucet | |
หัวแครอท ![]() | huaaR khaaeM raawtF | a carrot | |
หัวฉีด![]() | huaaR cheetL | injector (for an automobile or motorcycle) | |
หัวเทียน ![]() ![]() | huaaR thiianM | spark plug | |
หัวนม![]() ![]() | huaaR nohmM | nipple | |
หัวผักกาดแดง![]() ![]() | huaaR phakL gaatL daaengM | carrot | |
หัวหอม![]() ![]() | huaaR haawmR | onion | |
| examples | หัวเก่า![]() | huaaR gaoL | the small loop in Thai written letters |
หัวแม่เท้า![]() | huaaR maaeF thaaoH | big toe | |
หัวหงอก![]() | huaaR ngaawkL | [is] gray haired; gray hair | |
หัวโล้น![]() | huaaR lo:hnH | shaven head | |
หัวลูกศร![]() | huaaR luukF saawnR | arrowhead | |
ผักบรอกโคลี ๑ หัว![]() | phakL braawkL kho:hM leeM neungL huaaR | a head of broccoli | |
ผักกาดหอม ๑ หัว![]() | phakL gaatL haawmR neungL huaaR | a head of lettuce | |
| as a prefix | หัวกระสุน | huaaR graL soonR | bullet; slug |
หัวผักกาด ![]() ![]() | huaaR phakL gaatL | radish; beet | |

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