ดาดๆ
dàat dàatMeaning
1AdjectiveB2
mediocre; ordinary; common
mediocre, perfectly ordinary, or common; lacking any special or outstanding qualities (often used with a slightly dismissive connotation)
Examples
หนังnăngหนังnăng1skin; hide2leather3movie; filmเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2up to; as far as; only as much asหนังnăngหนังnăng1skin; hide2leather3movie; filmแอ็กชันáek-chânแอ็กชันáek-chân1action (genre/style)2action; exciting activityดาดๆdàat dàatดาดๆdàat dàatmediocre; ordinary; commonทั่วไปtûua bpaiทั่วไปtûua bpai1general; common2widespread; prevalent3generally; widely; throughoutไม่มีอะไรmâi mee à-raiไม่มีอะไรmâi mee à-rai1nothing; there is nothing2it's nothing; nothing's wrongน่าสนใจnâa sŏn jaiน่าสนใจnâa sŏn jai1interesting2worth considering; appealingเป็นพิเศษbpen pí-sètเป็นพิเศษbpen pí-sèt1especially; particularly2specially; as an exception
This movie is just a mediocre action flick; there's nothing particularly interesting about it.
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I don't want to buy ordinary clothes that everyone else wears.
สำนวนการเขียนsăm-nuuan gaan kĭianของเขาkŏng kăoค่อนข้างkôn kâangดาดๆdàat dàatไม่ได้mâi dâaiโดดเด่นdòht dènไปbpaiกว่าgwàaนักเขียนnák kĭianคนอื่นkon èunในnaiตลาดdtà-làatเลยloie
His writing style is quite mediocre and doesn't stand out from other writers in the market at all.
รสชาติrót-châatอาหารaa-hăanร้านนี้ráan néeก็gâwดาดๆdàat dàatแต่dtàeกลับglàpตั้งdtângราคาขายraa-kaa kăaiแพงหูฉี่paeng hŏo chèeเหมือนmĕuuanเป็นbpenร้านráanหรูrŏo
The food at this restaurant is merely average, yet they charge exorbitant prices as if it were a luxury dining establishment.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ดาดๆ said ดาด-ดาด?
dàat dàat
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableEnds in -ด, a stop, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
dàat
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |