ฝึก
practice
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- 1 practice、train、drill
- 2 train (someone or an animal)、teach、discipline
ฝึก is a basic verb for building a skill or habit through repeated practice or training. It can describe practicing something yourself or training another person or an animal.
practice、train、drill
This sense means to practice or train in order to gain skill through repeated action. It is common with languages, sports, music, work skills, and practical training.
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ฝึกพูดภาษาไทย fʉ̀k phûut phaasǎa thay practice speaking Thai ฝึกพูดภาษาไทย details
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ฉันฝึกเขียนทุกวัน chǎn fʉ̀k khǐan thúk wan I practice writing every day. ฉันฝึกเขียนทุกวัน details
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ต้องฝึกบ่อย ๆ tɔ̂ŋ fʉ̀k bɔ̀y bɔ̀y You have to practice often. ต้องฝึกบ่อย ๆ details
train (someone or an animal)、teach、discipline
This sense means to train or teach someone or an animal so they develop a skill, behavior, or discipline. The object is the person or animal being trained.
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ฝึกสุนัข fʉ̀k sùnák train a dog ฝึกสุนัข details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core idea of ฝึก is making something possible through repetition. It commonly appears as ฝึก + an action or skill, such as ฝึกพูด, ฝึกฟัง, and ฝึกเขียน. It can also take a person or animal as its object, as in training a dog or athletes. The abstract noun form การฝึก means practice or training.
Usage
ฝึก is used in language learning, sports, music, job training, internships, military training, professional training, and animal training. In everyday speech, patterns like กำลังฝึก... for “I’m practicing...” and ต้องฝึก... for “need to practice...” are very common.
Caution
ฝึกงาน is a fixed compound meaning to do practical training or an internship; ฝึก by itself does not always mean “do an internship.” Also, use เรียน for studying or learning knowledge, and ฝึก when the focus is repeated practice that builds usable skill.
Differences from similar words
1 practice synonyms
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ฝึกฝน has a stronger sense of sustained effort and refining a skill. ฝึก is the more basic, everyday verb for practice or training.
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หัด often suggests learning by trying, especially as a beginner. ฝึก is broader and focuses on repeated practice to build skill, whether the person is a beginner or not.
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เรียน means to study or learn, often a subject or body of knowledge. ฝึก focuses on hands-on repetition that turns something into a usable skill.
2 train (someone or an animal) synonyms
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สอน means to teach and can include explaining knowledge. ฝึก emphasizes repeated training so the learner develops a skill, habit, or behavior.
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อบรม often refers to formal training, instruction, or moral/social education. ฝึก focuses more directly on the act of practical training or repeated practice.