Culture and festivals โชค chôok
luck noun
- chôok falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
โชคดีchôok-dii = good luck!
You'll hear it in Tao Ngoi (เต่างอย).
How to use it
โชคchôok is luck: โชคดีchôok-dii is good luck (and "lucky!"), โชคร้ายchôok-ráai bad luck. A modest Thai answers praise with โชคช่วยchôok chûay, "luck helped". Luck is serious business in Thailand, from lucky numbers to the lottery, as our page on Thai superstitions shows.
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:
- chok
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