belt
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This is the general Thai word for a belt worn around the waist to hold clothing in place or as an accessory.
belt
A band worn around the waist to secure clothing or as a fashion accessory.
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กรุณาคาดเข็มขัดนิรภัย karunaa khâat khěm khàt níraphay Please fasten your seat belt. กรุณาคาดเข็มขัดนิรภัย details
Learning notes
Explanation
เข็มขัด usually refers to a belt worn with trousers or as a fashion accessory. The common expression for putting on or fastening a belt is คาดเข็มขัด. Belts are generally counted with the classifier เส้น, so เข็มขัดสองเส้น means “two belts.” The expression รัดเข็มขัด can literally mean “tighten a belt,” but it is also an idiom meaning to cut spending or economize.
Usage
It is common in everyday conversations about clothing and when shopping for a belt. It also frequently appears as เข็มขัดนิรภัย in safety instructions for cars and airplanes.
Caution
For an industrial drive belt or conveyor belt, Thai normally uses สายพาน rather than เข็มขัด. Also, เข็มขัด alone does not mean “economize”; that meaning belongs to the idiomatic expression รัดเข็มขัด.