Body and health มือ muue
hand noun
- muue mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
มือmuue is flat and mid. It's in many everyday words: a mobile phone is มือถือmuue-tǔue, "hand-held", and second-hand goods are มือสองmuue-sǎwng.
When you hand something to an older person, use your right hand or both hands: it's a small courtesy Thais notice. For the greeting with palms together, see the wai.
Don't mix it up
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มื้อmúue
meal
High tone: a meal, as in มื้อเย็นmúue yen, dinner.
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:
- mue
- muu
- meu
- mur
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