เห็น ชอบ
“เห็น ชอบ” (хэн чоп) — to approve; to like in Thai. Verb, level B1. Literally "see and like": approval in Thai is a look that likes. Do not confuse with "agree" — there it is agreement, here it is fondness. In a live sentence: “แม่ ไม่ เห็น ชอบ ที่ ผม กิน ขนม ทุก วัน” — Mom does not approve of my eating sweets every day. Written with the characters เ, ห, น, ช, อ, บ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | เห็น ชอบ |
| Read in Latin letters | хэн чоп |
| Translation | to approve; to like |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "see and like": approval in Thai is a look that likes. Do not confuse with "agree" — there it is agreement, here it is fondness
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- แม่ ไม่ เห็น ชอบ ที่ ผม กิน ขนม ทุก วันмэ май хэн чоп ти пхом кин кханом тхук ванMom does not approve of my eating sweets every day
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to approve; to like” in Thai?
«เห็น ชอบ», read “хэн чоп”. In a live sentence: “แม่ ไม่ เห็น ชอบ ที่ ผม กิน ขนม ทุก วัน” — Mom does not approve of my eating sweets every day. Verb, level B1; written with the characters เ, ห, น, ช, อ, บ.
How is “เห็น ชอบ” written in Latin letters?
хэн чоп. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "see and like": approval in Thai is a look that likes. Do not confuse with "agree" — there it is agreement, here it is fondness. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.