สิ้น

Explanation

The core image of สิ้น is reaching the endpoint with nothing left. For everyday “run out” or “be gone,” Thai usually uses หมด, as in เงินหมดแล้ว or น้ำหมดแล้ว. สิ้น tends to sound more formal, serious, or written, but it is very useful in common compounds such as สิ้นเดือน, สิ้นปี, สิ้นสุด, สิ้นหวัง, and หมดสิ้น.

Usage

You will often see it in dates and deadlines, formal reports about something ending, and serious contexts involving hope, life, or resources being exhausted. In conversation, it is most useful to learn it through fixed expressions like “end of the month,” “end of the year,” “conclude,” and “lose hope.”

Caution

Using สิ้น for ordinary situations like a dead battery or food running out can sound overly dramatic; หมด is usually natural there. Also, สิ้นใจ refers to death and should not be used casually.

1 come to an end synonyms

• จบ

  còp end

  จบ is the common word for finishing a class, movie, story, or event. สิ้น has a stronger sense of finality or exhaustion and is more written/formal.

• หมด

  mòt run out

  หมด is the everyday word for something being gone or used up. สิ้น is more formal or weighty, often used for periods, life, hope, or serious endings.

2 die synonyms

• ตาย

  taay die

  ตาย is the plain word for “die.” สิ้น is more formal, solemn, or literary, especially in expressions like สิ้นใจ.

3 completely synonyms

• ทั้งหมด

  tháŋmòt in total

  ทั้งหมด is the everyday word for “all.” ทั้งสิ้น is more formal and often means “altogether” or “in total.”

• อย่างสิ้นเชิง

  อย่างสิ้นเชิง is a strong adverbial phrase meaning “completely” or “entirely.” This set phrase is more natural than using สิ้น alone as an adverb.