เสื้อแขนสั้น
short-sleeved top
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- 1 short-sleeved top、short-sleeved shirt
This is an everyday term for an upper-body garment with short sleeves. It can refer to a T-shirt, shirt, blouse, or another type of short-sleeved top.
short-sleeved top、short-sleeved shirt
An upper-body garment with short sleeves, without specifying a particular style or material.
Learning notes
Explanation
The expression is built from เสื้อ “upper-body garment,” แขน “arm or sleeve,” and สั้น “short,” so its literal image is “a garment with short sleeves.” It does not identify a specific kind of clothing. More specific terms include เสื้อยืดแขนสั้น for a short-sleeved T-shirt and เสื้อเชิ้ตแขนสั้น for a short-sleeved collared shirt. The usual classifier for garments is ตัว, as in เสื้อแขนสั้นสองตัว, “two short-sleeved tops.”
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing what to wear in hot weather, packing for a trip, or specifying sleeve length while shopping in a store or online. Frequent combinations include ใส่เสื้อแขนสั้น “wear a short-sleeved top” and ซื้อเสื้อแขนสั้น “buy a short-sleeved top.”
Caution
เสื้อแขนสั้น does not necessarily mean a T-shirt; use เสื้อยืดแขนสั้น when that distinction matters. A sleeveless top is เสื้อแขนกุด, while a long-sleeved top is เสื้อแขนยาว. When referring to clothing, include เสื้อ for clarity, since แขนสั้น by itself can also describe someone or something as having short arms.