Body and healtheyesight; the way someone looks at you noun
- sǎai rising
- dtaa mid
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
ส่งสายตาsòng sǎai-dtaa = to give someone a look.
You'll hear it in Kham Wa Hak Kan Man Hia Thim Sai (คำว่าฮักกัน มันเหี่ยถิ่มไส).
How to use it
สายตาsǎai-dtaa, "line of the eyes", is your eyesight: สายตาสั้นsǎai-dtaa sân, "short sight", is short-sighted, and สายตายาวsǎai-dtaa yaao long-sighted, the words you need for an eye test, วัดสายตาwát sǎai-dtaa, at an optician's, ร้านแว่นráan wâen. It's also the look in someone's eyes, loving or cold: ส่งสายตาsòng sǎai-dtaa is giving someone a look across a room, and not believing your eyes is ไม่เชื่อสายตาmâi chûea sǎai-dtaa.
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:
- sai ta
- sai taa
- saita
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More body and health in Thai
All body and health- หัว hǔa Head in Thai
- คอ kaw Throat in Thai
- หลัง lǎng Back (of the body) in Thai
- จมูก jà-mùuk Nose in Thai
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