ได้หน้าได้ตา

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Thai

Etymology

From ได้ (dâai, to get; to gain; to obtain) +‎ หน้า (nâa, face) +‎ ได้ (dâai, idem) +‎ ตา (dtaa, eye); literally "to get face, to get eyes".

Pronunciation

Orthographicได้หน้าได้ตา
ai ɗ ˆ h n ˆ ā ai ɗ ˆ t ā
Phonemic
ด้าย-น่า-ด้าย-ตา
ɗ ˆ ā y – n ˋ ā – ɗ ˆ ā y – t ā
RomanizationPaiboondâai-nâa-dâai-dtaa
Royal Institutedai-na-dai-ta
(standard) IPA(key)/daːj˥˩.naː˥˩.daːj˥˩.taː˧/(R)

Verb

ได้หน้าได้ตา (dâai-nâa-dâai-dtaa) (abstract noun การได้หน้าได้ตา)

  1. (idiomatic) to gain credit, honour, or good reputation.

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