Dictionary entry
ถือ
hold
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedholdlexitron
bear; carrylexitron
to hold, carry, or bear, with or as if with a handwiktionary
to wield; to handlewiktionary
to hold; to have; to occupywiktionary
to have (in charge); to be in charge ofwiktionary
to take; to assume; to acceptwiktionary
to take (a loan); to rent; to lease(archaic)wiktionary
to uphold; to support; to observe; to follow; to adhere (to)wiktionary
to professwiktionary
to consider; to view; to deemwiktionary
to consider offensive or inappropriate; to view as a taboowiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesวางมือถือลงอีกครั้ง
I put the phone down again.
วางมือถือคว่ำลง
Put the phone face-down.
Built from
Compare Middle Chinese 戴 (MC tojH, “to carry on the head”). Cognate with Isan ถือ, Lao ຖື (thư̄), Northern Thai ᨳᩨ, Khün ᨳᩨ, Lü ᦏᦹ (ṫhue), Nong Zhuang tw. Compare Tai Dam ꪕꪳ, Tai Dón ꪕꪳ.
Words built from it
ถือ inside longer wordsA note on usage
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