ถูๆ ไถๆ
tŏo tŏo tăi tăiMeaning
1AdverbB2
barely; roughly; in a makeshift way
in a rough, careless, or just-sufficient way; only enough to get by.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เก่งgèngเก่งgèng1skilled; good at2smart; quick-witted3[to] be good at; excelภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìtภาษาอังกฤษpaa-săa ang-grìt1the English language2English (school subject)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutแบบbàepแบบbàep1style; type; kind; manner2classifier for types, styles, or designs3model; pattern; design; template4form; questionnaire5model; person posing6in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)ถูtŏoถูtŏo1[to] rub2[to] scrubๆ-ไถtăiไถtăi1[to] plow; [to] till2plow; plough3[to] shave (very close); [to] clip4[to] scroll/swipe through (slang)5[to] squeeze money out of [sb] (slang)ๆ-พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenสื่อสารsèu-săanสื่อสารsèu-săan[to] communicateได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action marker
He's not very good at English, but he can speak it just enough to get by and communicate.
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ฉันchănรีบrêepทำความสะอาดtam kwaam sà-àatห้องhôngมากmâakเลยloieทำได้แค่tam dâi kâeแบบbàepถูtŏoๆ-ไถๆtăi tăiไม่ค่อยmâi kôiเรียบร้อยrîiap rói
I was in a hurry to clean the room, so I could only do it in a rough way; it's not very neat.
ด้วยdûuayงบประมาณngóp-bprà-maanที่têeจำกัดjam-gàtเราraoจึงjeungต้องdtôngซ่อมแซมsôm saemบ้านbâanไปbpaiแบบbàepถูtŏoๆ-ไถๆtăi tăiก่อนgònรอrorให้hâiมีmeeเงินngernมากกว่านี้mâak gwàa néeค่อยkôiทำใหม่tam màiให้ดีhâi dee
With a limited budget, we had to repair the house in a just-sufficient way for now, and will wait until we have more money to redo it properly.
ถึงแม้จะtĕung máe jàเรียนจบriian jòpมาmaaได้dâiเขาkăoก็gâwยอมรับyom rápว่าwâaตัวเองdtuua engเรียนriianแบบbàepถูtŏoๆ-ไถtăiๆ-มาตลอดmaa dtà-lòtไม่ได้mâi dâaiตั้งใจdtâng jaiทบทวนtóp-tuuanบทเรียนbòt riianอย่างจริงจังyàang jing jang
Even though he managed to graduate, he admitted that he had studied just enough to get by the whole time, without seriously reviewing the lessons.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ถูๆ ไถๆ said ถู-ถู-ไถ-ไถ?
tŏo tŏo tăi tăi
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
4 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
tŏo
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |