วจี

wá-jee

Meanings

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speech; utterance; words (formal/literary; often in compounds)

speech, words, or an utterance; a formal/literary term most often used in compounds (e.g., วจีกรรมวจีกรรมwá-jee-gamverbal (karmic) action ‘verbal action’)

Examples

การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutโกหกgoh-hòkโกหกgoh-hòk1[to] lie; tell a lie2a lie; falsehood (rare as noun)ถือเป็นtĕu bpenถือเป็นtĕu bpen1[to] be considered; be regarded; count as2[to] constitute; amount toการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterรักษาวจีสุจริตrák-săa wá-jee-sùt-jà-rìtรักษาวจีสุจริตrák-săa wá-jee-sùt-jà-rìt[to] uphold wholesome speech; observe right verbal conductอย่างหนึ่งyàang nèungอย่างหนึ่งyàang nèung1one thing/kind2for one thing; on one hand
Not telling lies is considered one way of upholding the principle of right speech.

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