Animals
rat, mouse; (girls) I, (to a child) you noun
- nǔu rising
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Classifier: ตัวdtua · counting word for animals, clothes, tables and chairs
How to use it
หนูnǔu covers both rats and mice. It's also a warm word for people: girls and young women often call themselves หนูnǔu ("I") when talking to older people, and adults call a child or a young woman หนูnǔu ("you"), the way Pa Daeng the food vendor talks to you. Nobody hears a rodent in that.
A computer mouse is เมาส์máo, from English.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- nu
- noo
- nhu
- nou
More animals in Thai
All animals
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