Pattern in Thai

“Pattern” in Thai is ลายlaai.

ลาย laai

pattern, design; stripes noun

laai mid

Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

How to use it

ลายlaai is a pattern or a printed design: flowers, stripes, the elephants on a pair of tourist trousers. A zebra is a "striped horse", ม้าลายmáa-laai. Handwriting is ลายมือlaai-muue, "hand pattern", which is also the lines on your palm that a fortune-teller reads, and a signature is a ลายเซ็นlaai-sen. A plain colour with no pattern is สีพื้นsǐi púuen.

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:

lai
lai dok

More describing things in Thai

All describing things

ดี dii Good
ไม่ดี mâi dii Bad
bad, not good
ดีกว่า dii gwàa Better
ดีที่สุด dii tîi-sùt Best
the best
ชอบที่สุด châwp tîi-sùt Favourite
favourite (literally 'like the most')
สุดยอด sùt-yâwt Awesome
awesome, amazing, the best

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