Describing thingsdetailed, thorough; fine (not coarse) adjective
- lá high
- ìat low
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ละเอียดlá-ìat is "fine-grained": a thorough person, a detailed explanation, sand or flour that's fine rather than coarse. The details themselves are รายละเอียดraai-lá-ìat: ขอรายละเอียดหน่อยkǎw raai-lá-ìat nàwy, could I have the details? Someone a little too fussy is ละเอียดเกินไปlá-ìat goen bpai. The opposite of fine is หยาบyàap, coarse, which also means rude.
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:
- laiad
- laeiat
- la iad
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