สึก
“สึก” (сык) — worn out in Thai. Adjective, level B1. Wear from long walking and long service: the sole wore down, the handle wore down. Simply "old" is one word; "worn to holes" is another. In a live sentence: “รอง เท้า คู่ นี้ สึก มาก แล้ว” — This pair of shoes is already badly worn. Written with the characters ส, ึ, ก. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | สึก |
| Read in Latin letters | сык |
| Translation | worn out |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Wear from long walking and long service: the sole wore down, the handle wore down. Simply "old" is one word; "worn to holes" is another
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.
- รอง เท้า คู่ นี้ สึก มาก แล้วронг тао кхуу ний сык мак лаэоThis pair of shoes is already badly worn
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 “worn out” in Thai?
«สึก», read “сык”. In a live sentence: “รอง เท้า คู่ นี้ สึก มาก แล้ว” — This pair of shoes is already badly worn. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ส, ึ, ก.
How is “สึก” written in Latin letters?
сык. 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?
Wear from long walking and long service: the sole wore down, the handle wore down. Simply "old" is one word; "worn to holes" is another. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.