A1 Idiom 중립

စိတ်တို

စတတ

Short-tempered

Easily becoming annoyed or angry.

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문화적 배경

Public displays of anger are generally frowned upon. Being 'Seik To' is seen as losing 'face' and failing to maintain 'Aye-say' (coolness). Subordinates will often use 'Seik To' to describe a boss they find difficult, but they will rarely say it to the boss's face. Sometimes, a partner might call the other 'Seik To Lay' (Little short-tempered one) as an affectionate teasing term. In Buddhist teachings, 'Seik To' is linked to 'Dosa' (hatred/anger), one of the three poisons. Overcoming it is a goal of meditation.

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The 'Tat' Rule

Always add 'tat' (တတ်) if you're describing someone's personality rather than just a one-time mood.

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Don't over-use

In Myanmar, calling someone 'Seik To' to their face can be seen as an insult. Use it carefully.

Easily becoming annoyed or angry.

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The 'Tat' Rule

Always add 'tat' (တတ်) if you're describing someone's personality rather than just a one-time mood.

⚠️

Don't over-use

In Myanmar, calling someone 'Seik To' to their face can be seen as an insult. Use it carefully.

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The 'Seik Shay' Balance

If you admit you are 'Seik To', follow it up by saying you are trying to be 'Seik Shay' (patient) to sound more humble.

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Cooling Down

If someone is 'Seik To', the best response is 'Seik lshauk' (Relax your mind) or 'Aye-aye say-say' (Stay cool).

셀프 테스트

Fill in the blank to say 'I am angry right now.'

ကျွန်တော် အခု ________ နေတယ်။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်တို

'Seik To' + 'nay tal' means 'being angry right now'.

Which phrase means 'Don't be angry'?

Choose the correct Burmese phrase:

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်မတိုပါနဲ့

'Ma... ne' is the negative imperative in Burmese.

Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning.

Match the following:

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: all

These are the four most common 'Seik' related emotions.

Complete the dialogue.

A: ဟေ့လူ၊ ဘာလို့ အော်နေတာလဲ။ B: ကားပိတ်လို့ ________ လိုက်တာ။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်တို

The speaker is shouting because they are annoyed by traffic.

🎉 점수: /4

시각 학습 자료

Mind Length vs. Emotion

Short (တို)
စိတ်တို Angry/Irritable
Long (ရှည်)
စိတ်ရှည် Patient/Calm

연습 문제 은행

4 연습 문제
Fill in the blank to say 'I am angry right now.' Fill Blank A1

ကျွန်တော် အခု ________ နေတယ်။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်တို

'Seik To' + 'nay tal' means 'being angry right now'.

Which phrase means 'Don't be angry'? Choose A1

Choose the correct Burmese phrase:

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်မတိုပါနဲ့

'Ma... ne' is the negative imperative in Burmese.

Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning. Match A2

왼쪽의 각 항목을 오른쪽의 짝과 연결하세요:

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: all

These are the four most common 'Seik' related emotions.

Complete the dialogue. dialogue_completion B1

A: ဟေ့လူ၊ ဘာလို့ အော်နေတာလဲ။ B: ကားပိတ်လို့ ________ လိုက်တာ။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: စိတ်တို

The speaker is shouting because they are annoyed by traffic.

🎉 점수: /4

자주 묻는 질문

10 질문

It's not a swear word, but it's a negative description. Calling an elder 'Seik To' is very disrespectful.

Yes! It's very common to say 'I'm getting annoyed' (Seik to nay pyi).

'Seik To' is the feeling of being annoyed/short-tempered. 'Daw Tha Htwet' is the actual act of getting angry.

Say 'Seik ma to ba bu'.

Yes, it often overlaps with impatience, especially in traffic or waiting for food.

Young people sometimes say 'Short ya' (from English 'short').

သူက ကျွန်တော့်ကို စိတ်တိုအောင် လုပ်တယ်။

Yes, it's used in novels to describe character traits.

Yes, you can say a dog is 'Seik To Tat Tal' if it barks and bites easily.

Indirectly, as it relates to the Buddhist concept of 'Dosa' (anger).

관련 표현

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စိတ်ရှည်

contrast

Patient (Long mind)

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စိတ်ဆိုး

similar

Angry (Bad mind)

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ဒေါသထွက်

synonym

To get angry

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စိတ်ညစ်

related

Stressed/Depressed

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စိတ်တိုလွယ်

specialized form

Easily annoyed

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