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เข็ด khetL | ![]() |
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1. | to be afraid to repeat wrongdoing after having learned one's bad lesson in the past; to be reformed through punishment |
2. | [numerical classifier for a length of yarn or thread, especially wool and silk, wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing or anything wound in or resembling such a coil] skein |
Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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Phonemic Thai | เข็ด |
IPA | kʰèt |
Royal Thai General System | khet |
1.  [verb, intransitive] | |||
definition | to be afraid to repeat wrongdoing after having learned one's bad lesson in the past; to be reformed through punishment | ||
examples | เข็ดหลาบ![]() ![]() | khetL laapL | to profit from experience; to be afraid because of a previous bad episode of experience; to be reformed through suffering, torment or punishment |
เข็ดขยาด![]() | khetL khaL yaatL | [is] afraid of doing something | |
sample sentences | |||
คราวหน้าอยากจะหนีเข้าโรงไปดูหนังก่อนให้เข็ด ถ้าไม่ติดว่าเราออกค่าตั๋วหนังให้มันอยู่ ![]() khraaoM naaF yaakL jaL neeR khaoF ro:hngM bpaiM duuM nangR gaawnL haiF khetL thaaF maiF dtitL waaF raoM aawkL khaaF dtuaaR nangR haiF manM yuuL "Next time I want to get into the theater before anyone else to teach them a lesson, if they don’t blame me thinking that I bought their movie tickets for them." | |||
2.  [classifier] | |||
definition | [numerical classifier for a length of yarn or thread, especially wool and silk, wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing or anything wound in or resembling such a coil] skein | ||