ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่

Thai

Etymology

From ไก่ (gài, “fowl”) +‎ เห็น (hěn, “to see”) +‎ ตีน (dtiin, “foot”) +‎ งู (nguu, “snake”) +‎ งู (nguu, “snake”) +‎ เห็น (hěn, “to see”) +‎ นม (nom, “breast”) +‎ ไก่ (gài, “fowl”); literally, "a fowl seeing the feet of a snake, the snake seeing the breasts of the fowl".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่ ai k ˋ e h ˘ n t ī n ŋ ū ŋ ū e h ˘ n n m ai k ˋ
Phonemic		ไก่-เห็น-ตีน-งู-งู-เห็น-นม-ไก่ ai k ˋ – e h ˘ n – t ī n – ŋ ū – ŋ ū – e h ˘ n – n m – ai k ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gài-hěn-dtiin-nguu-nguu-hěn-nom-gài
	Royal Institute	kai-hen-tin-ngu-ngu-hen-nom-kai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kaj˨˩.hen˩˩˦.tiːn˧.ŋuː˧.ŋuː˧.hen˩˩˦.nom˧.kaj˨˩/^(R)

Noun

ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่ • (gài-hěn-dtiin-nguu-nguu-hěn-nom-gài)

(idiomatic) persons who see through each other; persons who know the secrets of each other.

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