ลิขิต
lí-kìtMeanings
1NounB2
destiny; fate
A predetermined course of events; destiny or fate (often in literary or formal usage).
Examples
เธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâaเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâa[to] believe (that) ...การพบกันgaan-póp-ganการพบกันgaan-póp-gan1a meeting; an encounter2a matchup; head-to-head matchไม่ใช่mâi-châiไม่ใช่mâi-châi1is/are/am not; not (to be)2no (disagreement/denial)3not (emphatic correction)เรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเรื่องrʉ̂ʉang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)บังเอิญbang-əənบังเอิญbang-əən1by chance; accidentally2coincidental; accidental3[to] happen by chanceแต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ลิขิตlí-kìtลิขิตlí-kìt1destiny; fate2[to] inscribe; write formally3writing; written document (literary)4letter; epistle (by a monk)ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsโชคชะตาchôok-chá-dtaaโชคชะตาchôok-chá-dtaafate; destiny
She believes that their meeting wasn't a coincidence but was destined by fate.
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บางคนbaang-konคิดว่าkít-wâaความสำเร็จkwaam-sǎm-rètเป็นbpenลิขิตlí-kìtส่วนsùuanบางคนbaang-konเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâaต้องdtɔ̂ngสร้างsâangมันmanเองeeng
Some think success is predestined, while others believe you must create it yourself.
แม้mɛ́ɛทางเดินtaang-dəənจะjàยากลำบากyâak-lam-bàakเขาkǎoก็gɔ̂ยังyangยอมรับyɔɔm-rápลิขิตlí-kìtที่tîiพาpaaให้hâiต้องdtɔ̂ngเผชิญpà-chəənบททดสอบbòt-tót-sɔ̀ɔpเหล่านี้lào-níi
Even though the path is difficult, he accepts the fate that leads him to face these trials.
เราraoจะjàโทษtôotลิขิตlí-kìtอย่างเดียวyàang-diiaoไม่ได้mâi-dâaiเพราะprɔ́การตัดสินใจgaan-dtàt-sǐn-jaiของเราkɔ̌ɔng-raoก็gɔ̂เขียนkǐianเรื่องราวชีวิตrʉ̂ʉang-raao-chii-wítขึ้นใหม่kʉ̂n-màiทุกวันtúk-wan
We can't blame fate alone, because our decisions rewrite the story of our lives every day.
2VerbC1
[to] inscribe; write formally
To write, inscribe, or set down formally or ceremonially (literary/formal).
Examples
กวีgà-weeกวีgà-weepoetลิขิตlí-kìtลิขิตlí-kìt1destiny; fate2[to] inscribe; write formally3writing; written document (literary)4letter; epistle (by a monk)ถ้อยคำtôi kamถ้อยคำtôi kam1wording; phrasing2utterance; statementไว้บนwái bonกระดาษgrà-dàatกระดาษgrà-dàat1paper (material)2sheet of paper; piece of paper3paper; written or printed sheetอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3classifier (for kinds/types)4like; as; such as5in the manner of; -lyวิจิตรwí-jìtวิจิตรwí-jìtexquisite; ornate; elaborate; delicateเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofบันทึกban-têukบันทึกban-têuk1record; note; memorandum2[to] record; write down; log3[to] save; record (file/audio/video)พิธีpí-teeพิธีpí-tee1ceremony; rite2ritual; observance3formal procedure; protocolอันanอันan1general classifier for objects, items, or abstract things2which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)3as for; concerning (formal/literary topic marker)4thing; item; oneสำคัญsăm-kanสำคัญsăm-kan1important; significant; essential2[to] think; assume; suppose (often mistakenly)
The poet inscribed words on paper exquisitely to record the important ceremony.
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พระราชสาส์นprá-râat-chá-sǎanถูกtùukลิขิตlí-kìtด้วยdûuaiถ้อยคำtɔ̂ɔi-kamสุภาพsù-pâapและlɛ́รูปแบบrûup-bɛ̀ɛpพิธีการpí-tii-gaanครบถ้วนkróp-tûuan
The royal message was set down with polite wording and full ceremonial form.
เสมียนsà-mǐianได้dâaiลิขิตlí-kìtถ้อยtɔ̂ɔiคำประกาศkam-bprà-gàatขึ้นทะเบียนkʉ̂n-tá-biianมรดกmɔɔ-rá-dòkโดยdooiรักษาrák-sǎaสำนวนsǎm-nuuanทางราชการtaang-râat-chá-gaanอย่างเคร่งครัดyàang-krêeng-krát
The clerk inscribed the words of the heritage registration proclamation, strictly maintaining official phrasing.
นักnákปราชญ์ลิขิตพระธรรมbpràat-lí-kìt-prá-tamเทศนาtêet-sà-naaเป็นbpenลายลักษณ์laai-lákเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiสืบทอดsʉ̀ʉp-tɔ̂ɔtตามdtaamระเบียบrá-bìiapพิธีpí-tii
The scholar formally set down the sermon in writing so it could be passed on according to ceremonial protocol.
3NounC1
writing; written document (literary)
Writing or a written document (literary/formal); not specifically a decree or ordinance.
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ลิขิตlí-kìtลิขิตlí-kìt1destiny; fate2[to] inscribe; write formally3writing; written document (literary)4letter; epistle (by a monk)ฉบับchà-bàpฉบับchà-bàp1classifier for documents/printed texts2issue; edition; copyนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีอายุmii-aa-yúมีอายุmii-aa-yú1elderly; aged (of a person)2[to] be [number] years old; have an age of3[to] be old (of things)กว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; overร้อยปีrɔ́ɔi-bpiiร้อยปีrɔ́ɔi-bpii1a hundred years2hundred-year; hundred-year-oldแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangbut still; yetอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense of4[to] read data (computing)ตัวหนังสือdtuua-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉตัวหนังสือdtuua-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ1letter; character; glyph2writing; text; written words3handwriting; penmanshipได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerชัดเจนchát-jeenชัดเจนchát-jeen1clear; distinct; obvious2explicit; definite; unambiguous; unequivocal3clearly; explicitly; unambiguously
This written document is over a hundred years old, but its lettering is still clearly legible.
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ในnaiลิขิตlí-kìtถึงtĕungภรรยาpan-rá-yaaซึ่งsêungเขียนขึ้นkĭian kûnระหว่างrá-wàangเดินทางdern taangผู้ประพันธ์pôo bprà-panเล่าถึงlâo tĕungความยากลำบากkwaam yâak lam-bàakและláeความคิดถึงkwaam kít tĕungบ้านbâan
In a letter to his wife written during his travels, the author describes his hardships and longing for home.
ลิขิตlí-kìtที่tîiหลงเหลืออยู่lǒng-lʉ̌ʉa-yùuเพียงpiiangไม่กี่mâi-gìiฉบับchà-bàpเผยให้เห็นpə̌əi-hâi-hěnความลังเลkwaam-lang-leeของkɔ̌ɔngผู้ประพันธ์pûu-bprà-panซึ่งsʉ̂ngไม่mâiปรากฏbpraa-gòtในnaiผลงานpǒn-ngaanที่tîiตีพิมพ์dtii-pim
The few surviving written documents reveal the author's uncertainty, which is absent from his published works.
แม้mɛ́ɛถ้อยคำtɔ̂ɔi-kamในnaiลิขิตlí-kìtฉบับchà-bàpนี้níiจะjàสุภาพsù-pâapสำรวมsǎm-ruuamแต่dtɛ̀ɛเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaอ่านàanระหว่างrá-wàangบรรทัดban-tátก็gɔ̂สัมผัสได้sǎm-pàt-dâaiถึงtʉ̌ngความขุ่นเคืองkwaam-kùn-kʉʉangที่tîiผู้เขียนpûu-kǐianพยายามpá-yaa-yaamเก็บงำgèp-ngam
Although the wording of this letter is polite and restrained, reading between the lines reveals the resentment the writer tried to conceal.
4NounC1
letter; epistle (by a monk)
a formal letter or written message, specifically one written by a Buddhist monk
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
lí
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 | — | — |