เสร็จ สิ้น
“เสร็จ สิ้น” (сэт син) — to complete; to finalize in Thai. Verb, level B1. Literally "finished-ended": a double completion for solemn occasions. Construction, a project, an exam — brought to the point. In a live sentence: “งาน เสร็จ สิ้น ก่อน ปี ใหม่” — The work was completed before New Year. Written with the characters เ, ส, ร, จ, ส, ิ, ้, น. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | เสร็จ สิ้น |
| Read in Latin letters | сэт син |
| Translation | to complete; to finalize |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "finished-ended": a double completion for solemn occasions. Construction, a project, an exam — brought to the point
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.
- งาน เสร็จ สิ้น ก่อน ปี ใหม่нган сэт син кон пий майThe work was completed before New Year
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 complete; to finalize” in Thai?
«เสร็จ สิ้น», read “сэт син”. In a live sentence: “งาน เสร็จ สิ้น ก่อน ปี ใหม่” — The work was completed before New Year. Verb, level B1; written with the characters เ, ส, ร, จ, ส, ิ, ้, น.
How is “เสร็จ สิ้น” written in Latin letters?
сэт син. 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 "finished-ended": a double completion for solemn occasions. Construction, a project, an exam — brought to the point. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.