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How to say boss, shop owner (Chinese-Thai)
in Thai
เถ้าแก่
tâo-gàae
boss, shop owner (Chinese-Thai)
tâo fallinggàae low
The owner of a family business. เถ้าแก่น้อย "young boss" is a famous success story.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- ต้องถามเถ้าแก่ก่อนdtâawng tǎam tâo-gàae gàawnI'll have to ask the boss first.
From the same situation: Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish
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- ไสwhere (Isaan)
- จั่งใด๋how (Isaan)
- กะalso, then (Isaan ก็)
- ซิwill (Isaan จะ)
- ฮู้to know (Isaan)
- เบิ่ดall, completely, all gone (Isaan)
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches เถ้าแก่ with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Follow everyday Isaan and Southern speech, address Thai-Chinese shopkeepers and families with the right Teochew kin terms, and understand (and use) the English that Thais mix into Thai.
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