การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล
“การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล” (кан чай хет пхон) — reasoning in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "applying cause-effect": you know the argument — reasoning is its work. You build it step by step: one, therefore two. In a live sentence: “การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล ช่วย แก้ ปัญ หา ได้” — Reasoning helps solve problems. Written with the characters ก, า, ร, ใ, ช, ้, เ, ห, ต, ุ, ผ, ล. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล |
| Read in Latin letters | кан чай хет пхон |
| Translation | reasoning |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "applying cause-effect": you know the argument — reasoning is its work. You build it step by step: one, therefore two
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.
- การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล ช่วย แก้ ปัญ หา ได้кан чай хет пхон чуай гэ пан хаа даайReasoning helps solve problems
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 “reasoning” in Thai?
«การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล», read “кан чай хет пхон”. In a live sentence: “การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล ช่วย แก้ ปัญ หา ได้” — Reasoning helps solve problems. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ก, า, ร, ใ, ช, ้, เ, ห, ต, ุ, ผ, ล.
How is “การ ใช้ เหตุ ผล” written in Latin letters?
кан чай хет пхон. 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 "applying cause-effect": you know the argument — reasoning is its work. You build it step by step: one, therefore two. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.