เดิมๆ
derm dermMeanings
1AdjectiveA2
unchanged; same as before
not new or different; the same as it was previously, often implying routine or monotony
Examples
ทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2daily; occurring every dayฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocketอาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsเดิมๆderm dermเดิมๆderm derm1unchanged; same as before2as before; as usual
Every day, I eat the same old food.
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I'm bored of the same old life; I want to travel to some new places.
ร้านนี้ráan néeยังyangเป็นbpenร้านráanเดิมๆderm dermบรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatเดิมๆderm dermไม่mâiเปลี่ยนไปbplìian bpaiเลยloie
This shop is still the same old shop with the same old atmosphere; it hasn't changed at all.
เขาkăoเริ่มrêrmรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâaความสัมพันธ์kwaam săm-panของkŏngพวกเขาpûuak kăoมีแต่mee dtàeเรื่องrêuuangเดิมๆderm dermไม่mâiน่าตื่นเต้นnâa dtèun dtênเหมือนmĕuuanเมื่อก่อนmêuua gòn
He started to feel that their relationship was just the same old thing, not as exciting as before.
2AdverbB1
as before; as usual
in the same way as before; without any change
Examples
ถึงจะtĕung jàถึงจะtĕung jà1only if; only when; not until2even if; even though; although (often with ก็)รวยruuayรวยruuay1rich; wealthy2gently; faintly (of wafting air or scent)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wítใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wít[to] live (one's life); lead a lifeแบบbàepแบบbàep1style; type; kind; manner2classifier for types, styles, or designs3model; pattern; design; template4form; questionnaire5model; person posing6in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)เดิมๆderm dermเดิมๆderm derm1unchanged; same as before2as before; as usual
Even though he's rich now, he still lives in the same way as before.
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ต่อให้dtòr hâiมีmeeเทคโนโลยีtêk-no-lo-yeeใหม่ๆmài màiเข้ามาkâo maaช่วยchûuaiแต่dtàeเขาkăoก็gâwยังคงyang kongทำงานtam ngaanแบบbàepเดิมๆderm dermที่têeเขาkăoคุ้นเคยkún koie
Even with new technology to help, he still keeps working in the same old way he's familiar with.
ไม่ต้องmâi dtôngเปลี่ยนbplìianสูตรsòotหรอกròkแค่kâeทำtamแบบbàepเดิมๆderm dermนี่แหละnîi làeอร่อยà-ròiที่สุดtêe sùtแล้วláeo
Don't change the recipe; just make it in the same way as always. This is the most delicious.
แม้máeจะjàมีmeeเสียงวิจารณ์sĭiang wí-jaanมากมายmâak maaiรัฐบาลrát-tà-baanก็gâwยังคงyang kongเลือกlêuuakที่จะtêe jàแก้ปัญหาgâe bpan-hăaด้วยdûuayวิธีการwí-tee-gaanเดิมๆderm dermซึ่งsêungดูเหมือนdoo mĕuuanจะjàไม่ได้ผลmâi dâi pŏn
Despite much criticism, the government still chooses to solve the problem in the same old way, which doesn't seem to be effective.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is เดิมๆ said เดิม-เดิม?
derm derm
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
derm
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |