B1 Thai words
Intermediate vocabulary for stories, explanations, and real conversations.
round; match (sports)
[to] provide; supply; allocate
original; initial
primary; elementary (level of school)
accessory; peripheral
here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)
namely; that is; i.e.
series; batch; session
force; strength; power
secondary; middle/high school level
faulty; incorrect
by (margin of difference)
report (document/account)
line; wire; cable
scheme; plot
[to] confirm; affirm
[to] assess; evaluate
dish antenna; satellite dish
[to] hang up (the phone); end a call
region; area
Isan (region of Thailand)
community (online/interest-based)
[to] remark on; call out (a flaw/issue) [colloq.]
[to] be still; stay still
come on; please come (Isan)
generous; helpful; supportive
friendly; easygoing
to flood; inundate
biology
[to] take/do a math exam (sit an exam in math)
[to] graduate
role; part (acting)
[to] refund; reimburse
exam; test (informal/short form)
the wild; wilderness
[to] warn
[to] research; investigate
[to] visit and view; tour
signature mark; distinctive mark (colloq.)
[to] make a living; earn a living
[to] rely on; depend on; lean on
[to] summarize; conclude
classifier for kinds/types
power; strength
content; subject matter
lost; wasted; gone
rice field area; paddy fields
mold; mould
[to] reconsider; re-examine
[to] catch up with; keep up with; keep abreast of
[to] connect; link
spare part
[to] be hot; become hot; heat (sth) up
organization
appropriate; proper; suitable
standard; norm; benchmark
minerals; mineral salts
body; physical form
[to] go numb; become numb
preventive; protective
structure; framework
physical condition; bodily health
[to] tear; rip
statement/line (utterance)
[to] volunteer; offer
how; in what way (informal; also ไง/ยังไง)
[!] I humbly thank you; my deepest thanks (very formal)
[to] thank (in words); offer thanks in a speech
[to] apologize very politely; beg pardon
[to] offer condolences
not (emphatic correction)
liquid (substance)
curry/soup broth (liquid part)
house; dwelling (traditional/wooden); hull/body (of sth)
housing estate; gated community
educational institution; place of study
instructional building (on campus)
the school itself (physical)
lip (of a container or opening)
punishment; penalty
simple; plain; rustic
rural; from the countryside
housing estate; planned residential development
single-family home
row house; terraced house
residence; lodging; quarters
country; nation; the state; society
nursing home; elderly care home; retirement home
boarding school
distance-learning school
farewell to the old year; goodbye to the outgoing year
[!] absolutely right; spot on; exactly
brown (color)
lubricating oil
[to] flood; [to] be flooded
kindness; generosity
bottle gourd; calabash
on the water surface
paddy (the crop; unhusked rice collectively)
Thai jasmine rice (Hom Mali rice)