Describing things หลัก làk
main; principle; post, pillar adjective
- làk low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
หลักๆ làk-làk
mainly, mostly adverb
- làk low
- làk low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
หลักlàk after a noun is "main": ถนนหลักtà-nǒn làk, the main road; อาหารหลักaa-hǎan làk, the staple food; เมนูหลักmee-nuu làk, the main dishes. Doubled, หลักๆlàk-làk is "mainly". On its own it's a post or a principle: the kilometre stones along Thai highways are หลักกิโลlàk gì-loo.
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:
- luk
- hlak
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