News and societyProduce (to make) in Thai
“Produce (to make)” in Thai is ผลิตpà-lìt; you'll also hear ผลผลิตpǒn-pà-lìt (output, harvest).
to produce, to manufacture verb
- pà low
- lìt low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
output, produce; harvest noun
- pǒn rising
- pà low
- lìt low
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ผลิตpà-lìt is to produce or manufacture, the word of labels and business news; in conversation people say ทำtam, to make. Food packaging shows two dates: วันผลิตwan pà-lìt, when it was made, and วันหมดอายุwan mòt-aa-yú, the expiry date, often marked MFG and EXP.
A producer or manufacturer is a ผู้ผลิตpûu-pà-lìt, what a factory or a farm produces is its ผลผลิตpǒn-pà-lìt, and a finished product is a ผลิตภัณฑ์pà-lìt-dtà-pan.
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:
- phalit
- pha lit
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