B1 Thai words
Intermediate vocabulary for stories, explanations, and real conversations.
sodium level; sodium concentration
banana blossom
until; up until
[to] watch or admire a swing
Wat Suthat (temple in Bangkok)
wizard; sorcerer (man)
rich; wealthy
[to] jingle a bell softly; ring gently
[to] filter smoke
snooker; snooker game
fault; defect; error (technical)
city municipality office; city hall
tactic; tactics (strategy method)
boom; thud (sound effect)
very cunning; very sly
[to] plead; beg earnestly
loose/rattling window
BIGBANG (K-pop boy band)
[to] have traffic (website/app visitors or data flow)
Botswana (country)
baritone (voice type)
classifier: แผ่น
scanner (image/document)
packer; packing machine
Deutsche Mark (DM); former German currency
sales revenue; total sales
[to] comb; detangle
[to] ask someone to post
smoky (makeup)
[to] sail (a sailboat)
negative (below zero)
eek; squeal (high-pitched cry)
Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Brahms (Johannes Brahms)
Mae Wang District (Chiang Mai)
ring toss (game); hoopla
experiment kit; testing kit
[to] nod off; fall asleep unintentionally
engineering faculty
the image blurs easily
overcast; gloomy (sky)
field furrow; plot irrigation channel
visually clean; neat-looking; easy on the eyes
[to] be tied up in a meeting
group of stickers
showerhead
electronics track; electronics field (colloq.)
[to] make a display board
antihero
typing program; word processor
[to] misspeak; say something by mistake
near an object; close to an object
onomatopoeia (tuk-tuk sound)
emaciated and pale
[to] dig out a stump
yuzu (citrus fruit)
mirin (sweet rice wine for cooking)
rapper
forest and mountains; wilderness
vintage/retro color palette
[to] withdraw oneself; slip away
municipal office building; municipality office
controller (device/module)
aromatic soil; fragrant earth
warm white
[to] poke into; probe
save function
VIP table
jade (jadeite or nephrite)
granite (igneous rock)
hey; hey now (colloq.)
narrow bay
[to] grope; feel around
close-up (shot)
hook (boxing)
jab (boxing punch)
[to] eat and live; live
Grab (company/service)
video streaming platform
[to] press on a wound
mild flavor; smooth taste
kombu; edible kelp
a Buddhist temple named 'Kamphaeng' (Wat Kamphaeng)
[to] dip [sth] in Thai custard
gentle; soft (manner/demeanor)
chia; chia seed/plant
opinion; view
treatment facility (people); therapy center
fake; bogus; phony
[to] intend to raise [sb/sth]; make a dedicated effort to raise [sb/sth]
[to] hang around [somewhere] (slang); [to] haunt [somewhere]
creepy; spooky; unsettling
boaster; braggart; big talker
crazy about [sth/sb]; obsessed with
concert promo; concert promotion/deal
[to] comment (online/social media); leave a comment
[to] act disorderly; do things haphazardly
suddenly all at once; en masse
[to] buff nails; polish nails
nail buffer; buffing block