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How to say tsk, pah
in Thai
ชิ
chí
tsk, pah
chí high
Annoyed click: ชิ ไม่เห็นยาก "pah, that's not hard".
- Part of speech
- interj
- Register
- casual
In a sentence
- ชิ ทำได้อยู่แล้วchí tam dâai yùu láeoPah, of course I can do it.
From the same situation: Humour, sarcasm, register-switching
- ประชดประชันto be sarcastic and spiteful
- แดกดันto sneer, make cutting remarks
- เหน็บแนมto make a veiled jibe
- กระแนะกระแหนto snipe, needle
- เสียดสีto satirise
- ถากถางto mock, ridicule
- จิกกัดto take a dig, needle (playfully)
- แซะto snipe at, throw shade
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