ยอม แพ้
“ยอม แพ้” (йом пэ) — to give up; to concede in Thai. Verb, level B1. Literally "agree to lose": the yielding plus the losing. The negation matters more: not-give-up — I will not give in. In a live sentence: “เขา ไม่ ยอม แพ้ แม้ แพ้ มา สอง ครั้ง” — He did not give up, even after losing twice. Written with the characters ย, อ, ม, แ, พ, ้. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ยอม แพ้ |
| Read in Latin letters | йом пэ |
| Translation | to give up; to concede |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "agree to lose": the yielding plus the losing. The negation matters more: not-give-up — I will not give in
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.
- เขา ไม่ ยอม แพ้ แม้ แพ้ มา สอง ครั้งкхао май йом пэ мэ пэ ма сонг кхрангHe did not give up, even after losing twice
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 give up; to concede” in Thai?
«ยอม แพ้», read “йом пэ”. In a live sentence: “เขา ไม่ ยอม แพ้ แม้ แพ้ มา สอง ครั้ง” — He did not give up, even after losing twice. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ย, อ, ม, แ, พ, ้.
How is “ยอม แพ้” written in Latin letters?
йом пэ. 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 "agree to lose": the yielding plus the losing. The negation matters more: not-give-up — I will not give in. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.