ไม่
mâi
Meanings
1NounA1
not (negator)
Particle placed before verbs, adjectives, or adverbs to make the statement negative.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เหนื่อยnèuayเหนื่อยnèuay1tired; exhausted2[to] get tired; become tired3tiring; exhausting4hard; laborious; exhausting (informal)
I am not tired.
2NounA1
no (reply)
Used alone as a simple refusal or negative answer.
Examples
จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisเพิ่มpêrmเพิ่มpêrm1[to] increase; add2additional; more3additionally; in addition; moreoverไหมmăiไหมmăi1yes–no question particle; or not?2silkไม่เอาmâi aoไม่เอาmâi ao1[to] not take; not want; refuse; decline2[!] no; I don't want (it); passครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particleค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)
Do you want more? No, I don't.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
บ่bòบ่bò1not; no (Isan/Northern particle)2yes–no question particle (Isan/Northern)
- not; no (Isan/Northern particle)
- yes–no question particle (Isan/Northern)
ไมmaiไมmainot; no (colloquial)
not; no (colloquial)
เปล่าbplàoเปล่าbplào1empty; blank; bare2in vain; for nothing3no; not; nothing
- empty; blank; bare
- in vain; for nothing
- no; not; nothing
โนnohโนnoh1no; nope (casual refusal)2note (music) (loanword, rare)
- no; nope (casual refusal)
- note (music) (loanword, rare)
มิmîมิmî1not (formal/literary negative)2prefix: non-, un- (formal)
- not (formal/literary negative)
- prefix: non-, un- (formal)
Related Compounds
ใช่châiใช่châi1[!] yes; that's right2[to be] correct; right
- [!] yes; that's right
- [to be] correct; right
คำปฏิเสธkam bpà-dtì-sàytคำปฏิเสธkam bpà-dtì-sàyt1denial; refusal; rejection2negation (grammar)3negative answer
- denial; refusal; rejection
- negation (grammar)
- negative answer
คำตอบปฏิเสธkam dtòp bpà-dtì-sàytคำตอบปฏิเสธkam dtòp bpà-dtì-sàyta negative answer; a refusal; a rejection
a negative answer; a refusal; a rejection
คำช่วยkam chûuaiคำช่วยkam chûuai1particle (Thai grammar)2auxiliary element
- particle (Thai grammar)
- auxiliary element
ไม่เป็นไรmâi bpen raiไม่เป็นไรmâi bpen rai1[!] it's okay; no problem; never mind2doesn’t matter; it’s fine
- [!] it's okay; no problem; never mind
- doesn’t matter; it’s fine