B1 Thai words
Intermediate vocabulary for stories, explanations, and real conversations.
[!] please (formal; request)
bodily fluid (in compounds)
rice plant; paddy
village; hometown
dog (insult)
sir; mister (rural/archaic)
madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)
[to] consume; use up
(aspect) continuation into the future
bound morpheme (as in เมื่อกี้ = just now)
[to] intend; plan
silver (metal)
and; and then (linking clauses)
still/even (emphatic degree)
may (polite permission/request)
[to] consider; examine; deliberate
speech; saying; utterance
[to] beg; plead
by; by means of; using
[to] refrain; abstain (from)
[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]
vote
as; like
[to] judge; adjudicate
person; one who … (agentive prefix)
in a ... way; -ly
without; free of
data (computing)
[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)
[to] be + set expressions
abstract noun prefix
that/which/who (relative marker)
it’s best; better (advisory tone)
then; would (result in conditionals)
[to] comply with; abide by; obey
that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)
so; thus; then (immediate result)
[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)
[to] have [sb] do; cause to
side; party; faction
yesterday (archaic/only in compounds)
please …; kindly … (formal)
come to (result/state)
direction; side
[to] compose; author
unit (measurement)
work (product); creation
state; government
[to] come out; appear; be issued
[to] go around to; make the rounds
policy; plan of action
again; anew
attendant; clerk (service role)
[to] be notified; learn (honorific/formal)
direct; straightforward; frank
[to] question; interrogate
teak
silk
to exist; remain
[to] run (operate; be in service)
difficult; tough (mentally/physically demanding)
quite; rather; fairly
you (addressing a child/younger person)
rumor; hearsay
expert; specialist (informal)
[to] indicate; show
[to] think; consider; deem
throughout; along (extent/duration)
even; after all (emphasis/justification)
because of; due to
[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)
neck (of an object)
a punch (blow)
grid square; mesh
plain (no soup/sauce)
so ... that; to the point of
rim; lip (of a container/wound)
stingy; tightfisted
[to] burst; rupture
nicely done; fine
bloodline; lineage
against; versus
altogether; entirely
shallot; scallion (Thai usage)
stir-fried dish (as a noun prefix)
mixed; blended; hybrid
a small sip
worthy/apt to ...
[to] stream; trickle down
even; despite (emphatic concessive)
standing; upright (posture/position)
[to] compete; contend (against)
[to] bargain; haggle
soft rice (texture/variety)
marker: purpose/focus
rust
stain; deposit; residue
[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)
acid (chemistry)
railings; barrier