Dictionary entry
ที่
at
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedat; to; on; within; amidst, indicating a locationwiktionary
that; which; who; whom; that whichwiktionary
where; whenwiktionary
land; place; area; seat; site; locationwiktionary
position; officewiktionary
for; during; at the time ofwiktionary
used with cardinal numbers to form ordinal numberscurated
used to indicate comparisons or orderingwiktionary
the person whowiktionary
an object pertaining to something; an object or equipment for a particular purposewiktionary
a concept or idea pertaining to somethingwiktionary
a place or location pertaining to something; a place to do somethingwiktionary
an event, time, duration, or occurrence pertaining to somethingwiktionary
placed after an adjective to indicate that it applies particularly and specifically to the preceding nounwiktionary
used in the pattern เป็น + ที่ + verb to form an adjective from a verbwiktionary
classifier for places, locations, and servingswiktionary
Less common senses (1)
as inlexitron
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesฉันไม่ได้กลับบ้านที่มหาสารคาม
I didn't go back home to Maha Sarakham.
แต่ที่จริงคือเราไม่เข้าใจ และไม่ได้อยากให้คุณรู้
But the truth is we don't understand, and we don't want you to know.
แต่เป็นที่ที่ฉันรัก
But it's the place I love.
ปีที่แล้ว เดือนนี้ วันนี้
Last year. This month. This day.
ผมเกิดและโตที่อุทัยธานี
I was born and grew up in Uthai Thani.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *diːᴮ, possibly from Middle Chinese 地 (MC dijH). Cognate with Lao ທີ່ (thī), Northern Thai ᨴᩦ᩵, Lü ᦑᦲᧈ (tii¹), Tai Dam ꪕꪲ꪿, Tai Dón ꪕꪲꫀ, Shan တီႈ (tīi), Tai Nüa ᥖᥤ (ti), Phake တ︀ီ (tī), Ahom 𑜄𑜣 (tī), Zhuang deih, Zuojiang Zhuang thi. Outside Tai-Kadai: compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”). Compare Malay di.
Words built from it
ที่ inside longer wordsA note on usage
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