Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

เศรษฐกิจ

/set-tha-kit/Roman

English meaning: Economy

Definition

The system of production and consumption of goods and services. Thailand has one of Southeast Asia's largest and most developed economies, based on manufacturing, agriculture (rice, rubber, cassava), and tourism. It is the world's top producer and exporter of natural rubber and a major automotive manufacturing hub.

Example

ไทยเป็นประเทศส่งออกยางพาราและข้าวรายใหญ่ของโลก

In English: Thailand is one of the world's largest exporters of rubber and rice.

Literary Heritage

ความยากจนไม่ใช่ความผิดของคนจน แต่เป็นความล้มเหลวของสังคม

/Khwam yak chon mai chai khwam phit khong khon chon, tae pen khwam lom lao khong sangkhom./

Poverty is not the fault of the poor, but the failure of society.

Chart Korbjitti · Novelist · 20th century

คนงง (Khon Ngong)

Khon Ngong (The Confused Man), Part II, Ch. 4, 1981

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