ฟิทช์
fítMeaning
1Proper noun
Fitch
A Thai rendering of the English name Fitch, used for people or companies, including the credit rating agency.
Examples
วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentคุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritฟิทช์fítฟิทช์fítFitchจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerทานข้าวtaan-kâaoทานข้าวtaan-kâao[to] have a meal; [to] eat (polite)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerบ้านเราbâan-raoบ้านเราbâan-rao1our house; our home2our country; Thailand3our hometown; our area
Mr. Fitch is coming to eat at our house today.
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ฉันchǎnอ่านàanข่าวkàaoเกี่ยวกับgìiao-gàpฟิทช์fítแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂iเข้าใจkâo-jaiเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangอันดับan-dàpเครดิตkree-dìt
I read some news about Fitch, but I still don't really understand credit ratings.
หากhàakฟิทช์fítปรับลดbpràp-lótอันดับan-dàpเครดิตkree-dìtของkɔ̌ɔngบริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàtนักลงทุนnák-long-tunอาจàatมองว่าmɔɔng-wâaการให้gaan-hâiบริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàtนี้níiกู้เงินgûu-ngənมีmiiความเสี่ยงkwaam-sìiangมากขึ้นmâak-kʉ̂n
If Fitch downgrades the company's credit rating, investors may see lending to the company as riskier.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฟิทช์ said ฟิด?
fít
- Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ท is said like ด (t).Silent letterช์ is silent: the ◌์ mark cancels its sound.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ท, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
fít
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
ช์ is silent here.
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 | — | — |