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บัวไม่ให้ช้ำ น้ำไม่ให้ขุ่น buaaM maiF haiF chamH naamH maiF haiF khoonL |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | บัว-ไม่-ไฮ่-ช้ำ-น้าม-ไม่-ไฮ่-ขุ่น |
IPA | buːa mâj hâj tɕʰám náːm mâj hâj kʰùn |
Royal Thai General System | bua mai hai cham nam mai hai khun |
[example sentence, idiom] | |||
definition | "Think before you speak." — "Think twice, then speak, the old proverb doth say; yet fools their bolts will quickly shoot away." | ||
categories | |||
components | บัว | buaaM | [general] lotus; lotus-shaped |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
ช้ำ | chamH | bruise | |
น้ำ | naamH | water; fluid; liquid | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
ขุ่น | khoonL | [is] turbid; unclear; cloudy; muddy; mucky; murky; gloomy | |