เบื่อ
bʉ̀ʉa/bɯa̯˨˩/
In Thai, bored is expressed as เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).
เบื่อ is used to express that you are suffering from boredom or that you are fed up with a particular person or situation.
Meaning: suffering from boredom (adj)
Which one should you use?
In English, there is a distinction between the feeling of being bored and the characteristic of being boring. In Thai, you use เบื่อ to describe the feeling (bored), but you use the construction น่าเบื่อ to describe the cause of that feeling (boring).
How does it change in a sentence?
To emphasize that your feeling of being bored or fed up has reached a point of exhaustion or completion, you can add แล้ว after เบื่อ to mean 'bored with… already' or 'fed up with… already'. To describe something as a boring thing, use the construction น่าเบื่อ.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is bʉ̀ʉa.
Did you know?
- The word เบื่อ shares an ancient root with the practice of using toxins to catch fish. This suggests that being bored is linguistically linked to the idea of being 'poisoned' or rendered unable to react.
- Thai speakers often use the phrase เบื่อโลก to describe a profound sense of boredom or world-weariness that can border on depression.
- In casual conversation, เบื่อ is often paired with a sigh or a specific facial expression of exhaustion to signal a desire to escape a situation.
Examples in context
- ฉันเบื่อI'm bored.This sentence shows how to say 'I'm bored' using เบื่อ.Tatoeba #8692161 by pastelite, translation #431539 by Clavain
- ทอมเบื่อTom's bored.This sentence shows how to say 'Tom's bored' using เบื่อ.Tatoeba #8718051 by pastelite, translation #2107458 by CK
- ทำงานบนโต๊ะคอมพิวเตอร์ตลอดวันทำให้ฉันรู้สึกเบื่อมากWorking on the computer all day makes me feel very bored.
- ไม่มีอะไรทำ ฉันเบื่อมากThere's nothing to do, I'm so bored.
- ฉันเบื่อหนังเรื่องนี้มากchan buea nang rueang ni makI am very bored with this movie.
Example conversation
Two friends are sitting at home with nothing to do.
- ธนกฤต Thanakritณิชา เธอเบื่อไหมNicha thoe buea maiNicha, are you bored?
- ณิชา Nichaใช่ค่ะ ฉันเบื่อมากchai kha chan buea makYes, I am very bored.
- ธนกฤต Thanakritเราออกไปหาอะไรทำกันเถอะrao ok pai ha arai tham kan thoeLet's go out and find something to do.
- ณิชา Nichaไปกันเลยค่ะ ธนกฤตpai kan loei kha ThanakritLet's go, Thanakrit.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “bored” translations and entries เบื่อ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries เบื่อ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
