ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ།
thuk je che
The English phrase "thanks" is expressed in Tibetan as ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ། (thuk je che).
The phrase ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ། is used to express appreciation or gratitude.
Meaning: used to express appreciation or gratitude (intj)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of thuk je, meaning compassion or kindness and che, meaning great or big.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ། is a polite and respectful way to express gratitude.
How do you pronounce it?
thuk je che
Did you know?
- The word ཐུགས་རྗེ། (thuk-je) is used both for 'thanks' and for 'sorry' or 'pity', as both expressions stem from the concept of compassion.
- While ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ། is the standard translation, Tibetans often express gratitude by offering a physical gift, such as a white scarf called a ཁ་ਤਾ (khata).
- The word ཆེ། (che) used in the phrase is the same word used to describe the size of the Himalayas, reflecting a linguistic connection between 'great' kindness and 'great' physical scale.
Examples in context
- ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ།thuk je cheThank you.
