Significado
Being irritated by seeing something messy.
Contexto cultural
Burmese culture places a high value on 'thut-thut-yat-yat' (neatness). A messy house is often seen as a sign of a lack of discipline or poor upbringing. The phrase is a way to express annoyance without being overly aggressive, but it is still strictly for informal circles. In cities like Yangon, the phrase is now commonly used to describe the 'visual pollution' of tangled wires and chaotic traffic. The concept of 'nauk' (turbidity) is used in meditation to describe a mind that is not clear. This idiom is a secular, everyday application of that concept.
Use it for Pacing
If someone is pacing in front of you while you watch TV, this is the perfect phrase to get them to sit down.
Avoid with Elders
Never say this to your grandparents or teachers, even if their house is messy. It's considered very rude.
Significado
Being irritated by seeing something messy.
Use it for Pacing
If someone is pacing in front of you while you watch TV, this is the perfect phrase to get them to sit down.
Avoid with Elders
Never say this to your grandparents or teachers, even if their house is messy. It's considered very rude.
Add 'Laik Tar'
Adding 'laik tar' at the end makes you sound much more like a native speaker expressing genuine frustration.
The 'Thut-thut-yat-yat' Connection
Burmese people love order. Using this phrase shows you value the same cultural standards of cleanliness.
Teste-se
Which situation is most appropriate for 'မျက်စိနောက်တယ်'?
You walk into your friend's house and see...
The phrase is used for visual clutter and mess.
Complete the sentence with the correct phrase.
ဟိုဘက်ဒီဘက် လျှောက်မနေနဲ့၊ ___________။ (Don't walk back and forth, it's irritating my eyes.)
Pacing is a visual distraction, so 'myat si nauk tal' is the correct choice.
Match the phrase to the feeling.
Match 'မျက်စိနောက်တယ်' with its cause:
Visual mess causes 'myat si nauk'.
Fill in the missing part of the dialogue.
A: အခန်းထဲမှာ ပစ္စည်းတွေ အများကြီးပဲ။ B: ဟုတ်ပ၊ ကြည့်ရတာ ___________ လိုက်တာ။
The context of 'seeing many things' leads to 'myat si nauk'.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Eyes vs Ears
Banco de exercicios
4 exerciciosYou walk into your friend's house and see...
The phrase is used for visual clutter and mess.
ဟိုဘက်ဒီဘက် လျှောက်မနေနဲ့၊ ___________။ (Don't walk back and forth, it's irritating my eyes.)
Pacing is a visual distraction, so 'myat si nauk tal' is the correct choice.
Match 'မျက်စိနောက်တယ်' with its cause:
Visual mess causes 'myat si nauk'.
A: အခန်းထဲမှာ ပစ္စည်းတွေ အများကြီးပဲ။ B: ဟုတ်ပ၊ ကြည့်ရတာ ___________ လိုက်တာ။
The context of 'seeing many things' leads to 'myat si nauk'.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntasYes, if the movie has too many fast cuts or bad CGI that makes it hard to watch, you can say it's 'myat si nauk tal'.
Not exactly. 'Ugly' is 'yoat soe tal'. 'Myat si nauk tal' is specifically about the *irritation* caused by mess or chaos.
Yes, it's very common between siblings when one is being messy or annoying.
There isn't a single word, but 'Kyi lo kaung tal' (Good to look at) or 'Thut yat tal' (Tidy) are the opposite states.
No, 'nauk' can mean 'back/behind', 'to joke', or 'turbid'. Context is key!
No, it's not a swear word at all. It's just a common expression of annoyance.
Yes, if a light is flashing in an annoying way, you can use this phrase.
Use the form 'Myat si nauk saryar gyi'.
Yes, if the map is too crowded with icons and you can't find anything, it's 'myat si nauk tal'.
You could say 'Nee nee lay shoke nay tal' (It's a little bit messy) instead.
Frases relacionadas
မျက်စိရှုပ်တယ်
synonymTo be visually confused/messy
နားငြီးတယ်
contrastTo be annoyed by noise
စိတ်ရှုပ်တယ်
similarTo be mentally frustrated/confused
မျက်စိပွင့်တယ်
contrastTo have one's eyes opened (to a new idea)
မျက်စိကျတယ်
builds onTo have one's eye caught by something
