ใช้
See also: ใช่
Thai
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Tai *ʑaɰꟲ (“to commission”). Cognate with Lao ໃຊ້ (sai), Northern Thai ᨩᩲ᩶ or ᨩᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦋᧉ (tsay²), Tai Dam ꪻꪋ꫁, Tai Dón ꪻꪋꫂ, Shan ၸႂ်ႉ (tsâ̰ue), Tai Nüa ᥓᥬᥳ (tsȧue), Ahom 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow), Zhuang sawj, Zuojiang Zhuang cawj.
Pronunciation
editOrthographic | ใช้ au d͡ʑ ˆ | |
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Phonemic | ไช้ ai d͡ʑ ˆ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | chái |
Royal Institute | chai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰaj˦˥/(R) |
Verb
editใช้ • (chái) (abstract noun การใช้)
- (transitive)
- to use; to employ
- to put to use; to utilise
- to apply (a law, rule, etc)
- to exercise (a power, right, freedom, etc)
- to require (someone to do something); to have or make (someone do something)
- (criminal law) to abet [first officially used in the Siamese Penal Code of 1908]
- 1956 November 15, “ประมวลกฎหมายอาญา”, in ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, volume 73, number 95A(special), สำนักเลขาธิการคณะรัฐมนตรี, page 56:
- to disburse or spend (money, etc)
- to pay (a debt, sum, etc); to perform (an obligation, etc)
- to repay; to refund; to compensate
- to pay: to suffer in retribution
- to live (a life)
- (intransitive)
- (nautical, obsolete, now only found in combination) to sail
- 1850, จดหมายเหตุเรื่องทูตอเมริกันเข้ามาในรัชกาลที่ ๓ เมื่อปีจอ พ.ศ. ๒๓๙๓, พระนคร: หอพระสมุดวชิรญาณ, published 1923, page 21:
- (nautical, obsolete, now only found in combination) to sail
Derived terms
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- Thai terms inherited from Proto-Tai
- Thai terms derived from Proto-Tai
- Rhymes:Thai/aj
- Thai terms with IPA pronunciation
- Thai 1-syllable words
- Thai lemmas
- Thai verbs
- Thai terms spelled with ใ
- Thai transitive verbs
- th:Criminal law
- Thai terms with usage examples
- Thai intransitive verbs
- th:Nautical
- Thai terms with obsolete senses