สีเทา

sĕe tao

Meanings

1NounA1

gray/grey (color)

the color gray (grey)

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)สีเทาsĕe taoสีเทาsĕe tao1gray/grey (color)2gray/grey; gray-colored3gray area; semi-legal
I like the color gray.
2NounA1

gray/grey; gray-colored

gray (grey) in color; a neutral mix of black and white

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesสีเทาsĕe taoสีเทาsĕe tao1gray/grey (color)2gray/grey; gray-colored3gray area; semi-legal
He has a gray car.
3NounB2

gray area; semi-legal

of uncertain, ambiguous, or semi-legal status; not clearly legal or illegal (e.g., gray-market, gray-area activities)

Examples

ธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersสีเทาsĕe taoสีเทาsĕe tao1gray/grey (color)2gray/grey; gray-colored3gray area; semi-legalไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ขาวkăaoขาวkăao1white (color)2fair-skinned; light-complexioned3white (substance/thing)4[to] turn white; whiten5plain; unseasoned (esp. rice)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ดำdamดำdam1black; very dark (color)2[to] be/turn black3dark-skinned; tan (can be sensitive)4black coffee (order term)5[to] dive; submerge (literary/poetic)ซะทีเดียวsà tee diiaoซะทีเดียวsà tee diiao1very; quite; really; completely2not entirely (in negatives)
His business is a gray business, not completely black or white.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

สีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorPart 1
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เทาtaoเทาtao1gray; grey2gray color; grey color3shady; dubious; morally grayPart 2
สีเทาsĕe taoสีเทาsĕe taogray/grey (color)