ขาย 📣 | kǎai | To sell

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  3 Ways to Use It

  1. Basic Transaction (To sell)

  • ขายของ 📣 (khǎai khǎawng) — To sell things / To be a merchant.

  • ขายดี 📣 (khǎai dii) — Selling well / Popular. (Literally: Sell + Good).

  2. Business & Trading (Compound)

  • ค้าขาย 📣 (kháa-khǎai) — To trade / To do business.

  • ซื้อมาขายไป 📣 (súue maa khǎai bpai) — To buy and sell / To be a middleman. (Literally: Buy-hither, Sell-thither).

  3. Social & Metaphorical (The “Face” and “Ideas”) Thai uses ขาย for some very expressive social concepts:

  • ขายหน้า 📣 (khǎai-nâa) — To be embarrassed / To lose face. (Literally: To sell your face).

  • ขายฝัน 📣 (khǎai fǎn) — To sell a dream / To overpromise. (Literally: To sell a dream).

  • ขายตัว 📣 (khǎai dtuua) — To sell oneself / Prostitution.