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| หัว huaaR | ![]() |
| contents of this page | |
| 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 for a child or younger relation] | |
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 | |
หัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง![]() | huaaR riaaoF huaaR raaengM | mainstay; primary party; organizer | |
ติดอยู่ในหัว![]() | dtitL yuuL naiM huaaR | to stick in one's head; [is] unable to forget | |
ถีบหัวส่ง![]() | theepL huaaR sohngL | to expel; drive out | |
หายหัว![]() | haaiR huaaR | to disappear | |
หลบหัว![]() | lohpL huaaR | to disappear | |
หัวหด![]() | huaaR hohtL | [is] fearful | |
หัวก้าวหน้า![]() | huaaR gaaoF naaF | a progressively minded person | |
ถั่วหัวช้าง![]() | thuaaL huaaR chaangH | chick pea (Cicer arietinum) | |
| sample sentences | |||
น้ำหมักชีวภาพคือน้ำที่ได้จากการหมักพืชผักผลไม้ ใบไม้ ขยะ กับกากน้ำตาล หรือ หัวเชื้อ ใช้เป็น ปุ๋ย หรือ ยากำจัดแมลง ![]() naamH makL cheeM waH phaapF kheuuM naamH theeF daiF jaakL gaanM makL pheuutF phakL phohnR laH maaiH baiM maaiH khaL yaL gapL gaakL namH dtaanM reuuR huaaR cheuuaH chaiH bpenM bpuyR reuuR yaaM gamM jatL maH laaengM "Enzyme tea is a liquid derived from composting vegetative and fruit matter, leaves, garbage, along with sugar cane waste or pickling agent which is used as a fertilizer or an insect repellant." | |||
| variation | หัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง![]() | huaaR riaaoF huaaR raaengM | mainstay; primary party; organizer |
| 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 | |
หัวโขน![]() ![]() | huaaR kho:hnR | mask worn by a dancer in the Thai classical dance and drama form, "kohn" | |
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 | |
หัวหอมใหญ่![]() ![]() | huaaR haawmR yaiL | white or yellow onion (large variety) | |
| 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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