ชิดซ้าย

Thai

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Etymology

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From ชิด (chít, close; near; etc) +‎ ซ้าย (sáai, left).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicชิดซ้าย
d͡ʑ i ɗ z ˆ ā y
Phonemic
ชิด-ซ้าย
d͡ʑ i ɗ – z ˆ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonchít-sáai
Royal Institutechit-sai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰit̚˦˥.saːj˦˥/(R)
 
a traffic sign requiring vehicles that move slowly to be in the left lane

Verb

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ชิดซ้าย (chít-sáai) (abstract noun การชิดซ้าย)

  1. (of movement or position, as of a vehicle, walking, etc) to keep to the left; to be as close as possible to the left side.
  2. (slang) to be unable to keep up with, to be not as good as, to be unable to match, or to yield to (someone or something, in terms of value, quality, ability, etc).
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