วัตถุ ดิบ
“วัตถุ ดิบ” (ваттху дип) — raw material in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "material raw": what has not yet become a product. The material you saw in travel purposes, and the raw from crude oil. In a live sentence: “วัตถุ ดิบ แพง ขึ้น ทำ ให้ สิน ค้า แพง ตาม” — Raw materials get dearer — goods follow. Written with the characters ว, ต, ถ, ุ, ด, ิ, บ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | วัตถุ ดิบ |
| Read in Latin letters | ваттху дип |
| Translation | raw material |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "material raw": what has not yet become a product. The material you saw in travel purposes, and the raw from crude oil
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.
- วัตถุ ดิบ แพง ขึ้น ทำ ให้ สิน ค้า แพง ตามваттху дип пхэнг кхын тхам хай син кхаа пхэнг таамRaw materials get dearer — goods follow
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 “raw material” in Thai?
«วัตถุ ดิบ», read “ваттху дип”. In a live sentence: “วัตถุ ดิบ แพง ขึ้น ทำ ให้ สิน ค้า แพง ตาม” — Raw materials get dearer — goods follow. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ว, ต, ถ, ุ, ด, ิ, บ.
How is “วัตถุ ดิบ” written in Latin letters?
ваттху дип. 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 "material raw": what has not yet become a product. The material you saw in travel purposes, and the raw from crude oil. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.