Body and healthBruise in Thai
“Bruise” in Thai is ช้ำchám; you'll also hear ฟกช้ำfók-chám (standard).
ช้ำ chám
bruised adjective everyday
- chám high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
ฟกช้ำ fók-chám
bruised; a bruise (standard) adjective
- fók high
- chám high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
How to use it
ช้ำchám is short and high: bruised skin, and bruised fruit at the market. The mark itself is a รอยช้ำrawy chám, and Thais describe it by its colour, green, เขียวkǐaw, where English says black and blue. ฟกช้ำfók-chám is the standard word, the one on a medical form.
Feelings bruise too: ช้ำใจchám jai is to be hurt and heartsore.
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