Media in Thai

“Media” in Thai is สื่อsùue.

สื่อ sùue

media; medium noun

sùue low

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

สื่อsùue is the media, and any medium that carries a message: the press is สื่อมวลชนsùue-muan-chon, "the mass media", social media สื่อโซเชียลsùue soo-chîaw, an intermediary a สื่อกลางsùue glaang, and a matchmaker a แม่สื่อmâe-sùue. Someone who appears in the media ออกสื่อàwk sùue, "goes out on the media".

Mind the tone: สื่อsùue is low, while ซื้อsúue, to buy, is high.

Don't mix it up

ซื้อsúue

to buy

High tone: to buy.

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:

seu
sueh
suee

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section, article (of a law)
ระดับ rá-dàp Level
level, grade

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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