คิด 📣 | kít | Think / Calculate

Insight Hub

• Daily Curiosity
  

  3 Ways to Use It

  1. The Process (To think / To ponder)

  • คิดมาก 📣 (khít mâak) — To overthink. (Think + Much).

  • กำลังคิด 📣 (gam-lang khít) — [I am] currently thinking.

  2. The Opinion (To think that…) Just like with “knowing,” we use ว่า (wâa) to link it to an idea.

  • ผม คิด ว่า 📣… (phǒm khít wâa…) — I think that…

  • คิด ยังไง? 📣 (khít yang-ngai?) — What do [you] think? (Think + How?).

  3. The Calculation

  • คิดเงิน 📣 (khít ngern) — To calculate the bill / “Check, please!”

  • คิดถึง 📣 (khít-thǔeng) — To miss someone.

    • Logic: Think (คิด) + Reach (ถึง). Your thoughts are traveling across the distance until they reach the person.