B1 Thai words
Intermediate vocabulary for stories, explanations, and real conversations.
serious; earnest; determined
bar-hopping (activity)
[to] share a live stream
luxury hotel
which pier/wharf/harbor?
the Dead Sea
half-pint (serving size)
second half (of a match)
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
New Orleans (city in Louisiana, USA)
Malay apple
Java plum tree
Malabar ebony; Diospyros malabarica
paracetamol; acetaminophen (pain and fever medicine)
[to] chime; ping (make a short high sound)
Wat Pa Bamphen (temple name)
countdown event/party
[to] hog bandwidth; slow others’ internet (informal)
viscose (rayon fiber)
modal (rayon fiber)
shellfish/mollusk meat
[to] run over a nail (with a tire)
ladies; women (plural)
[to] flock; crowd around [sb]/[sth]
[to] lift weights; do weight training
Baghdad
proper name of a Thai hardware store (“Charoen Chai/Charoenchai Hardware”)
wooden image/statue
user account; online/social media profile
Surat Thani Province
Zeus (chief Greek god)
[to] protect against UV
Pattaya beachfront area
a building in Taipei
Catholic church (building/parish church)
a kebab dish made with chicken
[to] live well; be well-off
[to] go without sleep; stay up; be sleep‑deprived
fully filled (form box/field/slot)
many rounds/turns (in a game)
with prolonged use; after being used for a long time
edge/hem of an old canvas or tarpaulin
Madeleine (female given name)
Warorot Market (Chiang Mai); ‘กาดหลวง’
Min Buri District (Bangkok administrative district)
lesbian (woman attracted to women)
[N. Thai] you too; come along (too)
congratulations! (Northern Thai)
[N. Thai] intensifying prefix (often pejorative)
nice!; that's good (Northern/Isan colloquial)
gemstone earrings
Laplae (district in Uttaradit, Thailand)
langsat (fruit)
Sirikit Dam on the Nan River
K-pop group; K-pop band
[to] let us [do sth] (Northern Thai)
Please watch the house for me. (Northern Thai)
they returned together
Allah; God in Islam
Sun (Chinese surname)
Volkswagen Beetle (car)
fluffy; puffy; billowy
kilobyte; 1,000 bytes (often 1,024)
eight bits; one octet (often one byte)
reasonable price; fair price
adequately suitable; appropriate enough; good enough
trigger (gun part)
risotto (Italian creamy rice dish)
Amazon.com, Inc. (company)
designer (person)
notification email; alert email; reminder email
Thai crispy mussel/oyster pancake
[to] operate/drive a forklift
[to] join (in) merit-making; contribute
steamed snowfish (dish)
cake flour
Thai Airways; TG
because; since (formal)
[to] charge [sb]/[for sth]; bill
this part; this section; this point
request; plea
others; other people; someone else
thinking; reasoning
whether … or not
manner of speaking; way of talking
carpenter; woodworker
so that; in order that
[to] change; become different
beginner; newbie; novice
text divisions; spacing; punctuation
excessive; immoderate
instead of; rather than
overview; overall picture; big picture; general situation
negative criticism; disapproval
main point; key issue; central argument/idea
pressure (force per unit area)
set menu; fixed-course meal
appetizer; starter
[to] draw lots; choose by lottery
[to] admit fault; accept blame