Is there an expression for "bad luck", so the opposite experience of "chok dee" (good luck) ?

chok raai

โชคร้าย

Actually, it is my experience, that the most often spoken colloquial phrase meaning the opposite of โชคดี; cho:hk^F dee^M (good luck) is; โชคไม่ดี; cho:hk^F mai^F dee^M (bad luck), and then after that I'd use the example "sarahsbloke" mentions; โชคร้าย; cho:hk^F raai^H (which at least to me means; frickin' really bad luck) .

With more than a few thai words it would appear that the direct opposite word in thai is not used, and to denote the opposite meaning you couple the word ไม่ mai^F (not) with the postitive meaning to get a negative. Example(s); ดี; dee^M (good), ไม่ดี; mai^F dee^M (bad, not good), สบาย; sa^L baai^M (well, happy, good, fine, ok, etc), ไม่สบาย; mai^F sa^L baai^M (usually; sick or unwell, but also can be unhappy).

(Phonetic pronunciation ripped shamelessly from Glenn Slayden's thai-language dot com website )

Edited November 1, 201015 yr by tod-daniels

ซวย suay (m)

ซวย suay (m)

That means เคราะห์ร้าย too, another way of saying bad luck.