เฒ่าทารก

Thai

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 頑童 (literally “old brat”), the nickname of Zhou Botong (周伯通), a character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射鵰英雄傳), a 1957 novel by Jin Yong (金庸). Same as เฒ่า (tâo, aged, old; aged person, old person) + ทารก (taa-rók, baby; infant).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเฒ่าทารก
eɖʰˋādārk
Phonemic
เท่า-ทา-รก
edˋādārk
RomanizationPaiboontâo-taa-rók
Royal Institutethao-tha-rok
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaw˥˩.tʰaː˧.rok̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

เฒ่าทารก • (tâo-taa-rók)

  1. (slang, derogatory, oxymoron) aged person with childish and mischievous behaviour.
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