เทกระจาด

Thai

Etymology

From เท (tee, “to incline, slant, or lean (a container in order to pour out or cause to come out something contained therein)”) +‎ กระจาด (grà-jàat, “a type of basket”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicเทกระจาด
e d k r a t͡ɕ ā ɗ
Phonemic
เท-กฺระ-จาด
e d – k ̥ r a – t͡ɕ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboontee-grà-jàat
Royal Institutethe-kra-chat
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰeː˧.kra˨˩.t͡ɕaːt̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

เทกระจาด • (tee-grà-jàat) (abstract noun การเทกระจาด)

  1. (amongst Chinese people) to make offerings to ghosts and spirits and to give alms away to people in need, as part of the Ghost Festival.
  2. (slang, idiomatic, of a truck, van, bus, etc) to overturn, flinging the carried passengers or goods out.
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