สวัสดี(sà-wàt-dee)
Meanings
1InterjectionA1
[!] hello; hi; goodbye
A polite greeting or parting expression, similar to 'hello', 'hi', or 'goodbye'. Often followed by ครับครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle/ค่ะค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response) for politeness.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
หวัดดีwàt-deeหวัดดีwàt-dee[!] hi; hello (informal)
[!] hi; hello (informal)
ไงngaiไงngai1[!] hey; yo (very casual attention-getter)2[!] what's up?; how's it going? (casual)3how; in what way (informal; also ไง/ยังไง)4emphatic reminder/identifier (…ไง ‘you know’)
- [!] hey; yo (very casual attention-getter)
- [!] what's up?; how's it going? (casual)
- how; in what way (informal; also ไง/ยังไง)
- emphatic reminder/identifier (…ไง ‘you know’)
Related Compounds
แนะนำตัวnáe-nam dtuuaแนะนำตัวnáe-nam dtuua[to] introduce oneself
[to] introduce oneself
คำทักทายkam ták-taaiคำทักทายkam ták-taai1greeting; salutation2set greeting; conventional greeting
- greeting; salutation
- set greeting; conventional greeting
สำนวนสุภาพsăm-nuuan sù-pâapสำนวนสุภาพsăm-nuuan sù-pâap1polite expression; courteous phrasing2polite register/style
- polite expression; courteous phrasing
- polite register/style
ดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4it’s best; better (advisory tone)5gall; bile
- good; of good quality
- kind; virtuous
- well; nicely
- it’s best; better (advisory tone)
- gall; bile
สวัสดีปีใหม่sà-wàt-dee bpee màiสวัสดีปีใหม่sà-wàt-dee bpee mài[!] Happy New Year
[!] Happy New Year