อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี
“อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี” (йаанг ти руу кан ди) — as is well known in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "in the way that is known well by each other": the manner frame leads. The known in Thai is what everyone knows together. In a live sentence: “อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี บุหรี่ ไม่ ดี ต่อ สุขภาพ” — As is well known, smoking harms the health. Written with the characters อ, ย, ่, า, ง, ท, ี, ่, ร, ู, ้, ก…
In short
| Written in Thai | อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี |
| Read in Latin letters | йаанг ти руу кан ди |
| Translation | as is well known |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "in the way that is known well by each other": the manner frame leads. The known in Thai is what everyone knows together
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.
- อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี บุหรี่ ไม่ ดี ต่อ สุขภาพйаанг ти руу кан ди бури май ди тё сукпхаапAs is well known, smoking harms the health
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 “as is well known” in Thai?
«อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี», read “йаанг ти руу кан ди”. In a live sentence: “อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี บุหรี่ ไม่ ดี ต่อ สุขภาพ” — As is well known, smoking harms the health. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters อ, ย, ่, า, ง, ท, ี, ่, ร, ู, ้, ก…
How is “อย่าง ที่ รู้ กัน ดี” written in Latin letters?
йаанг ти руу кан ди. 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 "in the way that is known well by each other": the manner frame leads. The known in Thai is what everyone knows together. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.