Bedeutung
Receiving praise or honor for something.
Kultureller Hintergrund
In Thai offices, 'giving face' to your boss is a common strategy. If you do a great job, you often let your boss 'ได้หน้า' in front of their superiors to ensure your own career stability. Schools often compete for 'face.' A school with many successful students 'ได้หน้า' in the community, which attracts more funding and better students. The concept of 'Face' is hereditary. Children are taught from a young age that their behavior can make their parents 'ได้หน้า' or 'เสียหน้า'. Thailand has one of the highest social media usage rates. 'ได้หน้า' has moved online, where 'likes' and 'shares' are the new currency of face.
Use with 'มาก' (mâak)
To say someone got a LOT of credit, say 'ได้หน้ามาก' (dâai nâa mâak).
Tone Matters
If you say it with a sarcastic tone, it implies the person didn't deserve the praise.
Bedeutung
Receiving praise or honor for something.
Use with 'มาก' (mâak)
To say someone got a LOT of credit, say 'ได้หน้ามาก' (dâai nâa mâak).
Tone Matters
If you say it with a sarcastic tone, it implies the person didn't deserve the praise.
The 'Ao' Variation
Use 'ทำเอาหน้า' (tham ao nâa) when you want to gossip about someone being a 'try-hard'.
Modesty
If someone says you 'ได้หน้า', it's polite to deflect it by mentioning the team's effort.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'ได้หน้า'.
เขาพยายามทำงานหนักเพื่อให้หัวหน้าชม เขาอยาก_______คนเดียว
The context is working hard to get praise from the boss, which fits 'ได้หน้า'.
Which situation best describes 'ได้หน้า'?
Which of these is 'ได้หน้า'?
Recognition and honor are being shared/received due to success.
Complete the dialogue.
A: โครงการนี้สำเร็จเพราะทีมเราทุกคนช่วยกันนะ B: ใช่ แต่ดูเหมือนหัวหน้าจะ_______อยู่คนเดียวเลยนะตอนนี้
B is complaining that the boss is taking all the credit for the team's work.
Match the phrase to the feeling.
Match 'ได้หน้า' with the most likely emotion.
Gaining face is associated with positive social standing and pride.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
ได้หน้า vs. มีหน้ามีตา
Aufgabensammlung
4 Aufgabenเขาพยายามทำงานหนักเพื่อให้หัวหน้าชม เขาอยาก_______คนเดียว
The context is working hard to get praise from the boss, which fits 'ได้หน้า'.
Which of these is 'ได้หน้า'?
Recognition and honor are being shared/received due to success.
A: โครงการนี้สำเร็จเพราะทีมเราทุกคนช่วยกันนะ B: ใช่ แต่ดูเหมือนหัวหน้าจะ_______อยู่คนเดียวเลยนะตอนนี้
B is complaining that the boss is taking all the credit for the team's work.
Match 'ได้หน้า' with the most likely emotion.
Gaining face is associated with positive social standing and pride.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
12 FragenUsually yes, but it can be negative if people think you are 'stealing' the credit or doing it just for show.
Yes! It's very common to say parents 'ได้หน้า' because of their children's success.
'มีชื่อเสียง' means to be famous. 'ได้หน้า' is about receiving specific praise or credit for an action.
You can say 'ผมไม่ได้ทำเพื่อเอาหน้า' (I didn't do it to get credit).
It's better to use 'สร้างชื่อเสียง' or 'ได้รับเกียรติ' in very formal writing.
Young people might say 'ได้ซีน' (dâai seen - getting the scene/spotlight).
No, 'saving face' is 'รักษาหน้า'. 'ได้หน้า' is 'gaining face'.
Yes, 'บริษัทได้หน้ามากจากงานนี้' is perfectly natural.
If you use a rising tone on 'nâa', it might sound like 'thick' (หนา), which changes the meaning entirely!
Yes, often in sports or politics when someone achieves a major win.
It's better to say 'ยินดีด้วยครับที่งานนี้ประสบความสำเร็จ' to be safe.
It's a different idiom meaning 'to get something new and forget the old/past'.
Verwandte Redewendungen
มีหน้ามีตา
similarTo have a high social status.
เชิดหน้าชูตา
builds onTo bring great honor to a group.
เสียหน้า
contrastTo lose face or be embarrassed.
ทำเอาหน้า
specialized formTo do something just for show/credit.
ให้หน้า
similarTo give someone credit or respect.
