News and society เศรษฐกิจ sèet-tà-gìt
economy; economic noun
- sèet low
- tà low
- gìt low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
เศรษฐกิจsèet-tà-gìt is the economy, and it's everyday talk: when sales are slow, vendors and taxi drivers sigh เศรษฐกิจไม่ดีsèet-tà-gìt mâi dii, "the economy's bad". The spelling is one of the hardest in Thai, but it's said simply sèet-tà-gìt, three low syllables.
Economics as a subject is เศรษฐศาสตร์sèet-tà-sàat, and a very rich person is a เศรษฐีsèet-tǐi, a millionaire.
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:
- setthakit
- sedtakit
- set ta kit
- sedthakij
- setakit
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