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อย่าชิงสุกก่อนห่าม yaaL chingM sookL gaawnL haamL |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | หฺย่า-ชิง-สุก-ก่อน-ห่าม |
IPA | jàː tɕʰiŋ sùk kɔ̀ːn hàːm |
Royal Thai General System | ya ching suk kon ham |
[example sentence, idiom] | |||
definition | "Early ripe, early rotten." | ||
categories | |||
components | อย่า | yaaL | don't...; do not...; don't be...; doesn't |
ชิง | chingM | to snatch away, to wrest away from, to contest or compete for, to vie | |
สุก | sookL | [is] ripe; mature; cooked; boiled | |
ก่อน | gaawnL | before; earlier; time gone by; prior to; in advance of; ahead of time; previously; formerly; initially; beforehand; firstly; first; now; ago | |
ห่าม | haamL | unripe; half-ripe; nearly ripe; almost ripe | |