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| เต้า dtaoF |  |
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| 1. | water bottle; water goblet |
| 2. | to go |
| 3. | [numerical classifier for breasts, electric stoves, hammers] |
| 4. | breast |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เต้า |
| IPA | tâw |
| Royal Thai General System | tao |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | water bottle; water goblet | ||
| example | เต้าฮวย | dtaoF huayM | soy custard in ginger syrup |
| 2. [verb, transitive, intransitive, poetic, archaic] | |||
| definition | to go | ||
| example | ไต่เต้า | dtaiL dtaoF | [use with a career or an organization] to climp up to a higher position |
| 3. [classifier] | |||
| definition | [numerical classifier for breasts, electric stoves, hammers] | ||
| enumerated nouns | ค้อน  | khaawnH | hammer; mallet; gavel |
| เตา | dtaoM | cooking stove; oven | |
| เตาแก๊ส | dtaoM gaaetH | gas stove; gas oven; gas range | |
| เตาไฟ | dtaoM faiM | stove for cooking | |
| เตาไฟฟ้า | dtaoM faiM faaH | electric stove; electric cooker | |
| เตารีด | dtaoM reetF | a clothing iron | |
| เตารีดผ้า | dtaoM reetF phaaF | clothes iron | |
| เตาอบ | dtaoM ohpL | oven | |
| เต้า | dtaoF | breast | |
| เต้านม | dtaoF nohmM | a woman's breast | |
| นม | nohmM | a woman's breast | |
| อั้งโล่ | angF lo:hF | Chinese brazier; Chinese earthen stove | |
| example | ใช้เต้าไต่ | chaiH dtaoF dtaiL | [informal idiom literally meaning any woman who] "uses her breasts to climb up the career stairs"—using sex or body to pave the way for her promotion. This is an intended (reversed) pun of ไต่เต้า.  |
| 4. [noun] | |||
| definition | breast | ||
| classifier | เต้า | dtaoF | [numerical classifier for breasts, electric stoves, hammers] |
| examples | เต้านม | dtaoF nohmM | a woman's breast |
| ลูกเต้า | luukF dtaoF | child; offspring | |
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