คิด ผิด
“คิด ผิด” (кхит пхит) — misconception; mistake in thinking in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "think wrongly": not a lie and not an error in the notebook — the thought went the wrong way. Often with understand: understood wrongly. In a live sentence: “ผม คิด ผิด ว่า ร้าน ปิด วัน อาทิตย์” — I was under the misconception that the shop is closed on Sunday. Written with the characters ค, ิ, ด, ผ, ิ, ด. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | คิด ผิด |
| Read in Latin letters | кхит пхит |
| Translation | misconception; mistake in thinking |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "think wrongly": not a lie and not an error in the notebook — the thought went the wrong way. Often with understand: understood wrongly
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.
- ผม คิด ผิด ว่า ร้าน ปิด วัน อาทิตย์пхом кхит пхит ваа ран пит ван атхитI was under the misconception that the shop is closed on Sunday
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 “misconception; mistake in thinking” in Thai?
«คิด ผิด», read “кхит пхит”. In a live sentence: “ผม คิด ผิด ว่า ร้าน ปิด วัน อาทิตย์” — I was under the misconception that the shop is closed on Sunday. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ค, ิ, ด, ผ, ิ, ด.
How is “คิด ผิด” written in Latin letters?
кхит пхит. 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 "think wrongly": not a lie and not an error in the notebook — the thought went the wrong way. Often with understand: understood wrongly. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.