ข่าว
“ข่าว” (кхао) — news (item) in Thai. Noun, level A2. One short word sounding like both "he" and "white" — the tone tells them apart, and the hint says it falls. Thais add "urgent" to it in the mobile apps. In a live sentence: “ข่าว นี้ จริง ไหม” — Is this news true? Written with the characters ข, ่, า, ว. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | ข่าว |
| Read in Latin letters | кхао |
| Translation | news (item) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
One short word sounding like both "he" and "white" — the tone tells them apart, and the hint says it falls. Thais add "urgent" to it in the mobile apps
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.
- ข่าว นี้ จริง ไหมкхао ний джинг майIs this news true?
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 “news (item)” in Thai?
«ข่าว», read “кхао”. In a live sentence: “ข่าว นี้ จริง ไหม” — Is this news true? Noun, level A2; written with the characters ข, ่, า, ว.
How is “ข่าว” written in Latin letters?
кхао. 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?
One short word sounding like both "he" and "white" — the tone tells them apart, and the hint says it falls. Thais add "urgent" to it in the mobile apps. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.