ใช้

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See also: ใช่

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʑaɰꟲ (to commission). Cognate with Lao ໃຊ້ (sai), Northern Thai ᨩᩲ᩶ or ᨩᩱ᩶, ᦺᦋᧉ (tsay²), Tai Dam ꪻꪋ꫁, Tai Dón ꪻꪋꫂ, Shan ၸႂ်ႉ (tsâ̰ue), Tai Nüa ᥓᥬᥳ (tsȧue), Ahom 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow), Zhuang sawj, Zuojiang Zhuang cawj.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicใช้
aud͡ʑˆ
Phonemic
ไช้
aid͡ʑˆ
RomanizationPaiboonchái
Royal Institutechai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaj˦˥/(R)
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Verb

ใช้ (chái) (abstract noun การใช้)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to use; to employ
    2. to put to use; to utilise
    3. to apply (a law, rule, etc)
    4. to exercise (a power, right, freedom, etc)
    5. to require (someone to do something); to have or make (someone do something)
    6. (criminal law) to abet [first officially used in the Siamese Penal Code of 1908]
    7. to disburse or spend (money, etc)
    8. to pay (a debt, sum, etc); to perform (an obligation, etc)
    9. to repay; to refund; to compensate
    10. to pay: to suffer in retribution
    11. to live (a life)
  2. (intransitive)
    1. (nautical, obsolete, now only found in combination) to sail

Derived terms

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