ฝึก

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ຝຶກ (fưk) or ເຝິກ (fœk), Northern Thai ᨺᩧ᩠ᨠ or ᨺᩮᩥ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᨺᩧ᩠ᨠ, ᦵᦚᦲᧅ (ḟoek), Shan ၽိုၵ်း (phúek) or ၾိုၵ်း (fúek), Tai Nüa ᥜᥫᥐᥱ (fǒek), Ahom 𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (phük), and Zhuang faek.

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Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฝึก
f ụ k
RomanizationPaiboonfʉ̀k
Royal Institutefuek
(standard) IPA(key)/fɯk̚˨˩/(R)
Audio

Verb

ฝึก • (fʉ̀k) (abstract noun การฝึก)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to practise; to drill; to train, to teach.
    นักเรียนใหม่คนนั้นฝึกอ่านภาษาไทยจนเก่ง
    nák-riian mài kon nán fʉ̀k àan paa-sǎa tai jon gèng
    That new student practiced reading Thai until he is good at it.
    พ่ออยากฝึกลูกให้เป็นคนมีวินัย
    pɔ̂ɔ yàak fʉ̀k lûuk hâi bpen kon mii wí-nai
    I (the father) want to teach my kids self-discipline.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ฝึก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.