ทิศใต้
tít-dtâaiMeaning
1NounA2
south; southern direction
The south; the direction toward the South Pole. The formal term is ทักษิณทักษิณták-sǐn1the south (formal)2southern (formal)3right-hand (formal) (thák-sǐn).
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnmy; mineหันหน้าไปhǎn-nâa-bpaiหันหน้าไปhǎn-nâa-bpai[to] turn one's face toward [somewhere]ทางtaangทางtaang1way; route; road; path2direction; side3method; means; manner4by; via; through (means or channel)5classifier: roads/routes/ways6in terms of; in the field of7side/party (institutional)ทิศใต้tít-dtâaiทิศใต้tít-dtâaisouth; southern direction
My house faces south.
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In the summer, the wind blows from the south.
ภูเก็ตpuu-gétเป็นbpenจังหวัดjang-wàtที่อยู่tîi-yùuทางtaangทิศใต้tít-dtâaiของkɔ̌ɔngประเทศไทยbprà-têet-tai
Phuket is a province located in the south of Thailand.
คนส่วนใหญ่kon sùuan yàiชอบchôpเที่ยวtîaoทะเลtá-layทางtaangทิศใต้tít dtâiเพราะpráwมีmeeเกาะgòrสวยๆsŭuai sŭuaiเยอะyéh
Most people like to travel to the sea in the south because there are many beautiful islands.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ศ, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
tít
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ใต้dtâaiใต้dtâai1under; beneath; below2south (direction)3southern region; the South4south; southern5below; underneath (adverb)6under; subject to (authority/rules)under; beneath; belowPart 2
ทิศใต้tít-dtâaiทิศใต้tít-dtâaisouth; southern directionsouth; southern directionWord