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| เค้า khaaoH | ![]() |
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| 1. | gist; outline; form; framework; crux; contour; sketch |
| 2. | [variation of เขา , a pronoun used for the 1st person or 3rd person when speaking of oneself or someone in an informal, cute way] |
| 3. | dark clouds; foreboding dark weather |
| 4. | face, look, feature or appearance of a person's face |
| 5. | indicate; presage; forebode |
| 6. | indication; harbinger; clue; sign |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ค้าว |
| IPA | kʰáːw |
| Royal Thai General System | khao |
| 1.  [noun] | |||
| definition | gist; outline; form; framework; crux; contour; sketch | ||
| examples | นกเค้าแมว![]() | nohkH khaaoH maaeoM | owl |
เค้าปมคดี![]() | khaaoH bpohmM khaH deeM | crux of the case | |
เค้าเรื่อง![]() | khaaoH reuuangF | plot; storyline; plot line; story outline | |
ตั้งเค้า![]() | dtangF khaaoH | to forecast; brew; predict; foretell; foresee | |
เค้าโครง![]() | khaaoH khro:hngM | outline; summary; draft; synopsis; plan | |
เค้าโครง![]() | khaaoH khro:hngM | structure; construction | |
เค้าความ![]() | khaaoH khwaamM | gist; content; essence; point; substance | |
| sample sentence | แหล่งข่าวฝ่ายความมั่นคงจากฝั่งไทย ก็ได้พยายามให้ข้อมูลที่แม้จะมีกลิ่นอายของการโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ แต่ก็น่าจะมีเค้าความจริงอยู่บางส่วน ![]() ![]() laengL khaaoL faaiL khwaamM manF khohngM jaakL fangL thaiM gaawF daiF phaH yaaM yaamM haiF khaawF muunM theeF maaeH jaL meeM glinL aaiM khaawngR gaanM kho:htF saL naaM chuaanM cheuuaF dtaaeL gaawF naaF jaL meeM khaaoH khwaamM jingM yuuL baangM suaanL "Information sources from the Thai security apparatus has been trying to provide information which, although they smack of propaganda, do contain a kernel of truth." | ||
| 2.  [pronoun] | |||
| definition | [variation of เขา , a pronoun used for the 1st person or 3rd person when speaking of oneself or someone in an informal, cute way] | ||
| categories | |||
| related words | กระผม | graL phohmR | [spoken by a male] I; me |
เขา ![]() | khaoR | [3rd person singular or plural pronoun] he; she; him; her; they; them | |
คุณ ![]() | khoonM | [singular and plural] you; your | |
ฉัน ![]() | chanR | [used by females in an informal setting—also used by males with intimate friends or lovers] I, me, my | |
ดิฉัน ![]() | diL chanR | [used by female speakers in a formal setting] I; me; my | |
ตัว ![]() | dtuaaM | [2nd person pronoun, calling someone in a cute way] you | |
เธอ ![]() | thuuhrM | [used in intimate or informal settings] you [the 2nd person singular pronoun] | |
ผม ![]() | phohmR | [used by male speakers] I; me; my | |
| มึง | meungM | [among close friends 2nd person pronoun] you; yourself | |
| ลื้อ | leuuH | [2nd person familiar pronoun, from Chinese, used when talking to a male friend] you | |
หนู ![]() | nuuR | [1st person pronoun that a little girl, daughter or grown-up woman uses to refer to herself in a cute way, usually when speaking to her parents or elder relatives] I, myself | |
| หล่อน | laawnL | [a 2nd person pronoun] she, her | |
| อิฉัน | iL chanR | [used by female speakers in a formal setting] I; me; my | |
| sample sentences | น่ารักไหม เค้ากำลังเรียนรู้ภาษาไทย ![]() ![]() naaF rakH maiH khaaoH gamM langM riianM ruuH phaaM saaR thaiM "Isn’t that cute! He is taking up Thai!" | ||
อย่าชวนเอ๋มางานวันเกิดณีนะ สองคนนี้เค้าไม่กินเส้นกัน ![]() yaaL chuaanM ehR maaM ngaanM wanM geertL neeM naH saawngR khohnM neeH khaaoH maiF ginM senF ganM "Don't invite Aey to Nee's birthday party, ok? The two don't like each other." | |||
| 3.  [noun] | |||
| definition | dark clouds; foreboding dark weather | ||
| 4.  [noun] | |||
| definition | face, look, feature or appearance of a person's face | ||
| examples | นกเค้าแมว![]() | nohkH khaaoH maaeoM | pygmy owlet, Glaucidium brodiei |
เค้าหน้า![]() | khaaoH naaF | the look of a person's face | |
| 5.  [verb, intransitive] | |||
| definition | indicate; presage; forebode | ||
| example | ส่อเค้า![]() | saawL khaaoH | to indicate; betoken; presage; point to |
| 6.  [noun] | |||
| definition | indication; harbinger; clue; sign | ||
| synonyms | แกว ![]() | gaaeoM | to suspect; have an inkling |
| ระเค็ดระคา | raH khetH raH khaaM | clue; inkling; trace; hint | |
| ระแคะระคาย | raH khaeH raH khaaiM | inkling; hint; trace; clue | |
| related words | ร่องรอย![]() | raawngF raawyM | trace; mark; impression |
วี่แวว ![]() | weeF waaeoM | [of one's disappearance or vanishing] a clue (เค้าเงื่อน![]() ) indistinctly heard (แว่ว ); clue; brief and transient sudden appearance; inkling; slight indication | |
| examples | |||
เค้าเงื่อน![]() ![]() | khaaoH ngeuuanF | primary cause; trace; trail; scent; motive; source; origin; clue; hint; catch | |
เข้าเค้า![]() | khaoF khaaoH | to tally with the facts; be suitable to the cause; be reasonable | |

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