ลิ้ม
taste
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- 1 taste、savor、sample (food or drink)
- 2 experience、taste (an experience)、go through
This verb means to taste something, or more figuratively to experience something firsthand. It sounds more expressive and slightly more formal than an everyday word for “try a taste.”
taste、savor、sample (food or drink)
Used when someone actually tastes food or drink and pays attention to its flavor.
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ลิ้มรสอาหารไทย lím rót aahǎan thay to taste Thai food ลิ้มรสอาหารไทย details
experience、taste (an experience)、go through
Used figuratively for experiencing success, defeat, hardship, pleasure, and other life experiences firsthand.
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ลิ้มรสความสำเร็จ lím rót khwaam sǎmrèt to taste success ลิ้มรสความสำเร็จ details
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ลิ้มรสชีวิตในต่างประเทศ lím rót chiiwít nay tàaŋ prathêet to experience life abroad ลิ้มรสชีวิตในต่างประเทศ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core idea of ลิ้ม is “to know something by tasting it firsthand.” With food and drink, it focuses on flavor rather than simply eating or drinking. A very common pattern is ลิ้มรส, where รส means “flavor.” Another useful expression is ลิ้มลอง, meaning to sample or try tasting something. Figuratively, it can be used with abstract nouns such as success, defeat, happiness, or suffering to mean experiencing them firsthand.
Usage
You will often see it in food writing, restaurant or travel descriptions, advertising, speeches, and storytelling, especially when the speaker wants to describe a taste or life experience in a more vivid way. It is less casual than ordinary everyday wording.
Caution
For a casual “try a bite” or “taste this,” ชิม is usually more natural. Also note that ลิ้ม is different from ลิ่ม, which means “wedge.”
Differences from similar words
1 taste synonyms
2 experience synonyms
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ประสบ is a formal word meaning to experience or encounter something. ลิ้ม keeps the metaphor of tasting and adds a more felt, expressive tone.
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เจอ is a common conversational word for encountering or going through something. ลิ้ม is more literary or expressive, often used with success, defeat, or hardship.