Body and healthBody in Thai
“Body” in Thai is ร่างกายrâang-gaai; you'll also hear หุ่นhùn (figure).
body noun
- râang falling
- gaai mid
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
figure, shape (of someone's body) noun
- hùn low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ร่างกายrâang-gaai is the body as a whole, the word for health and fitness talk. In everyday speech the body is often just ตัวdtua: ตัวร้อนdtua ráwn, "hot body", means you feel feverish, and ทั้งตัวtáng dtua is all over. The กายgaai at the end also turns up in ออกกำลังกายàwk-gam-lang-gaai, to exercise.
Someone's figure is หุ่นhùn: หุ่นดีhùn dii is a compliment. Friends and aunties comment on weight more openly than many visitors are used to, and usually mean nothing unkind by it.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- rang kai
- rangkai
- rarng gai
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