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Compete in Thai

“Compete” in Thai is แข่งkàeng.

แข่ง kàeng

to compete, race verb

  • kàeng low
  • Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

แข่งkàeng has a low tone and covers any contest: a football match, a boat race, a cooking competition. The noun is การแข่งขันgaan kàeng-kǎn, and a race is แข่งวิ่งkàeng wîng on foot or แข่งรถkàeng rót in cars.

Say it with a rising tone and แข็งkǎeng means hard.

Don't mix it up

  • แข็งkǎeng

    hard, stiff, firm; tough (meat)

    Rising tone: hard.

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:

  • khaeng
  • kheng

More verbs in Thai

All verbs
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    to be (a nationality, a job, a role)

  • มี mii Have

    to have

  • ไป bpai Go

    to go

  • มา maa Come

    to come

  • กิน gin Eat

    to eat

  • ดื่ม dùuem Drink

    to drink

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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