หนูตกถังข้าวสาร

Thai

Etymology

From หนู (nǔu, “rat”) +‎ ตก (dtòk, “to drop; to fall”) +‎ ถัง (tǎng, “bucket”) +‎ ข้าวสาร (kâao-sǎan, “raw, husked rice”); literally "rat falling into a bucket of raw, husked rice".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หนูตกถังข้าวสาร h n ū t k tʰ ạ ŋ kʰ ˆ ā w s ā r
Phonemic		หฺนู-ตก-ถัง-ข้าว-สาน h ̥ n ū – t k – tʰ ạ ŋ – kʰ ˆ ā w – s ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	nǔu-dtòk-tǎng-kâao-sǎan
	Royal Institute	nu-tok-thang-khao-san
(standard) IPA(key)		/nuː˩˩˦.tok̚˨˩.tʰaŋ˩˩˦.kʰaːw˥˩.saːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หนูตกถังข้าวสาร • (nǔu-dtòk-tǎng-kâao-sǎan)

1. (idiomatic) poor man who gets a wealthy wife; poor man who marries into a wealthy family; man who marries a woman that has much higher financial status.