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อย่าดีแต่คิด แต่จงคิดให้ดี yaaL deeM dtaaeL khitH dtaaeL johngM khitH haiF deeM |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | หฺย่า-ดี-แต่-คิด-แต่-จง-คิด-ไฮ่-ดี |
IPA | jàː diː tɛ̀ː kʰít tɛ̀ː tɕoŋ kʰít hâj diː |
Royal Thai General System | ya di tae khit tae chong khit hai di |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "Do not excel in thinking only, excel instead in thinking things through thoroughly." | ||
categories | |||
components | อย่า | yaaL | don't...; do not...; don't be...; doesn't |
ดี | deeM | [is] good; well; fine; nice; excellent; high | |
แต่ | dtaaeL | only | |
คิด | khitH | to think, consider, imagine, expect, compute, to count, wonder | |
แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
จง | johngM | [auxiliary verb used to indicate a command or order] should; ought to | |
คิดให้ดี | khitH haiF deeM | to think things through; carefully consider | |