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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]

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]
enumerated nouns	นม	nohmM	a woman's breast
	เตา	dtaoM	cooking stove; oven
	เต้านม	dtaoF nohmM	a woman's breast
	เตา ไฟฟ้า	dtaoM faiM faaH	electric stove; electric cooker
	เตา รีด	dtaoM reetF	a clothing iron
	เตา อบ	dtaoM ohpL	oven
	เตา แก๊ส	dtaoM gaaetH	gas stove; gas oven; gas range
	เตารีด ผ้า	dtaoM reetF phaaF	clothes iron
examples	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 .
examples	เต้านม	dtaoF nohmM	a woman's breast

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