Body and healthto burn; burnt verb
- mâi falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
to scald (with hot water or oil); to blanch (food) verb
- lûak falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
How to use it
ไหม้mâi is to burn and burnt, from toast to skin, and it sounds exactly like ไม่mâi, not. Fire! is ไฟไหม้fai mâi, "fire burns", and sunburn is ไหม้แดดmâi dàet.
A burn from hot water, steam or oil is ลวกlûak, the same verb cooks use for blanching vegetables and noodles.
Don't mix it up
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ไหมmǎi
question word: turns a sentence into a yes/no question
Rising tone: the question word.
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:
- louak
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