Dictionary entry
ใช้
use
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedto use; employ; put to use; utilisewiktionary
to apply a law, rule, or similar provisionwiktionary
to exercise a power, right, freedom, or similar entitlementwiktionary
to require someone to do something; to have or make someone do somethingwiktionary
to disburse or spend moneywiktionary
to pay a debt or sum; to perform an obligationwiktionary
to repay; refund; compensatewiktionary
to pay by suffering in retributionwiktionary
to live a lifewiktionary
Less common senses (2)
to abetwiktionary
to sailwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesเงินเดือน 18,000 — เหลือใช้ไม่เยอะ
Salary 18,000 — not much left over.
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Built from
From Proto-Tai *ʑaɰꟲ (“to commission”). Cognate with Lao ໃຊ້ (sai), Northern Thai ᨩᩲ᩶ or ᨩᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦋᧉ (tsay²), Tai Dam ꪻꪋ꫁, Tai Dón ꪻꪋꫂ, Shan ၸႂ်ႉ (tsâ̰ue), Tai Nüa ᥓᥬᥳ (tsȧue), Ahom 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow), Zhuang sawj, Zuojiang Zhuang cawj.