Most Common Thai Words

nut; bolt head

Arun Ratchawararam (temple name)

Thai surname (Sundaravej)

seaside town/city; coastal town

[to] be connected; [to] be joined together

[to] spin freely; [to] freewheel

the sun (poetic)

hurriedly; in a rush

penance (for a monk)

usefulness; utility

Mahajanaka (Bodhisatta prince)

[to] redo; [to] start over

[to] be angry; be wrathful (literary)

[to] find quickly; [to] search quickly

[to] preheat an oven

[to] change strategy

[to] look radiant; [to] look bright

fiberglass (material)

shipping scene; romantic-tease scene

[to] think; reflect; consider

undermining; weakening; erosion

detention facility; quarantine facility

[to] attain Nirvana

clear blister; vesicle

[to] sculpt; model a figure

monastic state; monkhood

Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)

formula/recipe page (screen)

retinol; vitamin A1

elegant; refined

weighing; weigh-in

quality standard

raw nature; base instincts

[to] care for the skin; [to] nourish the skin

exact time of birth

sworn enemy; nemesis

sand dune; dune

Thai-style traditional house

fluorescent lamp/light (tube light)

[to] subsidize prices

riot; violent civil unrest

chemical engineering

royal priest; Brahmin court chaplain

long take; extended continuous shot (film/TV)

radio signal

[to] attack relentlessly

[to] be well-acquainted [with sb]

wealthy and happy

group of capitalists/financiers

children; sons and daughters (formal)

platinum (metal)

royal thought; royal intention

the Buddha’s first sermon

pufferfish; blowfish; globefish

beginning; origin; the first age

bathroom tile

Thai braised dish (salty-sweet)

cap; baseball cap

[to] go off-topic

logging; tree felling

textured vegetable protein; TVP

transfer of rights; assignment of rights

snorting/wheezing sound; sniffing

portfolio (investments)

brave soldier; valiant warrior

Southern Thai shadow-puppet theatre (art form)

cremated remains; cremains

cumulative GPA (CGPA)

[to] invite [sb] to read

perpetrator; doer

[to] scan a QR code

King Bayinnaung

concert ticket

log; large piece of tree trunk

[to] celebrate a victory

innocent; pure-hearted

kicking force; push-off force

[to] have a quorum; form a quorum

ahead of one's time

work suffers; work is damaged

anguish; suffering; heartbreak

hair tie; hairband

polluted air

wastewater treatment pond; sewage treatment basin

overly; way too; super (slang, emphatic)

easy on the eyes; smooth-looking

ending section; outro; coda

erosion; scouring (by water/wind/waves)

groundwork; foundational preparation

topography; terrain

Thai script

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