Engineer in Thai

“Engineer” in Thai is วิศวกรwít-sà-wá-gawn.

วิศวกร wít-sà-wá-gawn

engineer noun

  • wít high
  • sà low
  • wá high
  • gawn mid
  • 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.

Classifier: คนkon · person, people

How to use it

วิศวกรwít-sà-wá-gawn has four quick syllables. Engineering as a subject is วิศวะwít-wá in everyday talk: เรียนวิศวะrian wít-wá, to study engineering. The ending กรgawn marks other professions too: เภสัชกรpee-sàt-chá-gawn is a pharmacist and เกษตรกรgà-sèet-dtrà-gawn a farmer.

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:

  • witsawakon
  • wisawakorn
  • wit sa wa gon
  • witsawa

More people in Thai

All people
  • ผู้หญิง pûu-yǐng Woman
  • ผู้ชาย pûu-chaai Man
  • คุณผู้หญิง kun pûu-yǐng Lady

    madam, the lady (polite: how staff address a woman)

  • ฝรั่ง fà-ràng Farang

    Westerner, a white foreigner

  • คนต่างชาติ kon dtàang-châat Foreigner

    foreigner, foreign people

  • คน kon Person

    person, people

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