หาเหาใส่หัว
Thai
Etymology
หา (hǎa) + เหา (hǎo) + ใส่ (sài) + หัว (hǔua), lit. "to look for a louse and put it on one's head".
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | หาเหาใส่หัว h ā e h ā au s ˋ h ạ w | |
| Phonemic | หา-เหา-ไส่-หัว h ā – e h ā – ai s ˋ – h ạ w | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | hǎa-hǎo-sài-hǔua |
| Royal Institute | ha-hao-sai-hua | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /haː˩˩˦.haw˩˩˦.saj˨˩.hua̯˩˩˦/ | |
Verb
หาเหาใส่หัว • (hǎa-hǎo-sài-hǔua)
- (idiomatic) to look for trouble.
See also
- Zhuang: nyaeb maet haeuj ndang (literally “to pick a flea and get it into one's body”)