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˩˩˦/^(R)

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”)

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