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Devote in Thai

“Devote” in Thai is ทุ่มเทtûm-tee.

ทุ่มเท tûm-tee

to devote yourself, to give your all verb

tûm falling
tee mid

Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

Parts: ทุ่มtûm to throw down, to hurl เทtee to pour out

You'll hear it in Fake Protagonist (พระเอกจำลอง).

How to use it

ทุ่มเทtûm-tee, "throw down and pour out", is putting everything you have into something: time, money, effort, love. You devote yourself ให้กับhâi gàp a job, a team or a person, and the noun is ความทุ่มเทkwaam tûm-tee, dedication, which bosses and coaches love to praise. Trying hard at one task is ตั้งใจdtâng-jai, and being hard-working by nature is ขยันkà-yǎn.

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:

tum te
thum the
tum tay

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Song Fake Protagonist (พระเอกจำลอง) The end theme of the GMMTV series Theory of Love (2019), sung by someone who loves a friend in secret and settles for being a stand-in hero, the second lead nobody notices. Its lines teach impossible, however much, to worry about someone, when you're lonely, and the roles of a Thai TV drama: the leading man and the second lead.

More verbs in Thai

เป็น bpen Be in Thai
to be (a nationality, a job, a role)
มี mii Have in Thai
to have
ไป bpai Go in Thai
to go
มา maa Come in Thai
to come
กิน gin Eat in Thai
to eat
ดื่ม dùuem Drink in Thai
to drink

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
Audio: AI voices, quality-checked for tones