Feeling in Thai

“Feeling” in Thai is ความรู้สึกkwaam-rúu-sùek.

ความรู้สึก kwaam-rúu-sùek

feeling, feelings noun

kwaam mid
rúu high
sùek 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.

Parts: ความkwaam -ness รู้สึกrúu-sùek to feel

How to use it

ความรู้สึกkwaam-rúu-sùek is the noun of รู้สึกrúu-sùek, to feel. Being hurt or let down by someone is เสียความรู้สึกsǐa kwaam-rúu-sùek, "to lose feeling", and hurting someone's feelings is ทำร้ายจิตใจtam-ráai jìt-jai, "harming the mind". A passing mood is อารมณ์aa-rom. Many Thais keep strong feelings to themselves to keep things smooth, so faces and tone often say more than words: see kreng jai.

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:

khwam ru suek
kwaam roo seuk
khwamrusuk

More feelings in Thai

All feelings

มีความสุข mii kwaam-sùk Happy
to be happy
ซึมเศร้า suem-sâo Depressed
เหงา ngǎo Lonely
คิดถึงบ้าน kít-tǔeng bâan Homesick
homesick (literally 'miss home')
ร้องไห้ ráwng-hâai Cry
to cry
น้ำตา náam-dtaa Tears

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