Most Common Thai Words

smoothness; sleekness; slipperiness

telephone exchange; PBX

bone marrow cancer

milling machine

[to] react (chemically)

derived word (linguistics)

unevenly; incompletely

string of flags; bunting

Yang element

lay ritual leader at a temple

tea strainer; tea infuser

input port; input channel

cache memory

hateful; detestable

table salt; edible salt

how; in what way

Thai fine arts

animation industry

filter membrane; membrane filter

[to] mix and match; [to] cobble together

Vasavatti Mara; the Tempter

bloom of youth; blossoming age

[to] spot-check; [to] randomly inspect

cellulose fiber

Tavatimsa heaven

reversal; inversion

lie; falsehood

contact lens

vocational education track

truck bed liner

class president

mosquito zapper; bug zapper

recording studio

consanguineous relative; blood relative

inpatient department; IPD

desiccant; moisture absorbent

superinfection; secondary infection

cold-pressed

eccentricity; bizarreness

heartache; emotional anguish

[to] post a story (on social media)

[to] go off-script; [to] ad-lib

truss structure

[to] be stuck holding a crypto coin at a loss

muscular body; buff figure

royal destiny; royal fate

[to] hit an overhead smash

Prince Rangsit of Chainat

royal message; royal letter

science learning center

likelihood of winning; prospects of victory

[to] hash; compute a hash (crypto)

[to] cache first (store locally first)

dry motor; dry-type motor

[to] scrape [one's] nails

series plot; plot of a series

project (planned work)

[to] fold eggs gently

[to] communicate results

[to] have/do an ultrasound

[one's] shoulders are tired

several lines; several clauses or paragraphs

[to] hold the pestle

bitter; bitter-tasting

logic (academic discipline)

(colloq.) fact

many customers; lots of customers

[to] allocate rights/entitlements

balancer (technical device)

startup company; startup

matte; non-glossy

[to] rock; sway; wobble

proposed appointments list

[to] shine (of the moon)

memorial ceremony; commemoration ceremony

[to] deduct coupon value; apply a coupon

Teochew ancestry; Teochew lineage

arts major; specialization in art

a beautiful, delicate shimmer; lustrous gleam

lemon peel; lemon zest

physics textbook

[to] have to scan for [sth]; need to search by scanning

power of the Sangha; spiritual power

[to] practice shooting (in sports)

Khum Chao Luang (former ruler’s residence in Phrae)

an electrical/electronic connector; plug or socket

base concrete; lean concrete; blinding

cytokinin (plant hormone)

seabed; seafloor

hierarchical ordering; ranking; stratification

Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng (temple)

diode bridge; bridge rectifier

Thai script

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