thai phrase to describe a down-to-earth person

[Plotholes]

any equivalent phrases in thai to use to describe a down-to-earth , girl-next-door (if that means anything) personality?

[HLover]

'Tamada'or 'Bokatit' means normal.

Spelled phoneticly and I must admit I am not smart or clever.

[DavidHouston]

Please help us understand the similarities, implications, and differences between:

ขาวบ้าน

ตาสีตาสา

คนธรรมดา

คนชนบท

คนตีนติดดิน

Some of these terms may not be flattering. Thanks.

Edited May 14, 2016 by DavidHouston

[Plotholes]

To add on, the phrases I'm looking for are meant to be flattering and used to describe a virtuous person.

Edited May 14, 2016 by Plotholes

[rgs2001uk]

To add on, the phrases I'm looking for are meant to be flattering and used to describe a virtuous person.

Riap roy, may well be the phrase you seek.

Every Thai knows what the phrase means.

Anytime I have used it, have been given a wai and a khop khun ka.

[Briggsy]

I am not quite sure what you are after. Down-to-earth means rational, not given to fancy or pretension. Virtuous is quite a different meaning.

ไม่ดัดจริต mai dadjarit = unpretentious.

For a virtuous person, คนดี khon dee = a good person would suffice or คนตรงๆ khon dtrong dtrong, a straight or honest person

[Plotholes]

I am not quite sure what you are after. Down-to-earth means rational, not given to fancy or pretension. Virtuous is quite a different meaning.

ไม่ดัดจริต mai dadjarit = unpretentious.

For a virtuous person, คนดี khon dee = a good person would suffice or คนตรงๆ khon dtrong dtrong, a straight or honest person

Oh, what I meant was for the phrase to have positive rather then negative connotations.

[katana]

My dictionary translates down-to-earth as ตีนติดดิน eg:

เขาเป็นคนตีนติดดิน – ปากกับใจตรงกัน –นะ เขามักจะพูดในสิ่งที่เขาคิดหรือหมายความถึง - He is a down-to-earth sort of man. He always says what he means.

http://everydayenglish.pwa.co.th/article/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99idiom%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A4%E0%B8%A9-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%8817

I also asked a Thai the meaning of คนตีนติดดิน and the explanation kind of agreed:

"คนที่รวย แต่ไม่ถือตัว คบได้ทุกคนเสมอภาค ไม่แบ่งชั้น ว่าใครรวยใครจน...
เหมือนกับว่า คนรวย คุยกับคนจนเป็นเพื่อนได้ ไม่อวดรวย
... คนติดดิน หมายถึงคนที่มีการศึกษาสูง แต่ไม่รังเกียจคนที่มีการศึกษาที่ต่ำกว่าด้วย ทำตัวเสมอกัน"

[someone who's rich but not conceited, can mix with all classes, doesn't draw distinctions between rich and poor...someone who's educated but doesn't look down on people with less education...etc...] ie not pretentious or affected.

Edited May 14, 2016 by katana

[Johpa]

ผู้ดี More often related to a person with merit (มีบุญ). A villager who had become a monk for at least the full three months of "pansaa" and who has since lived a virtuous life and continued to be involved in local temple affairs may be referred to as "phuu dii"

คนดี A good, nice person, even I who have never been a monk may on occasion, and perhaps erroneously, be referred to as "khon dii".

ตีนติดดิน literally "feet always on the ground". I don't recall hearing this phrase but my guess it is an attempt to translate English idiomatic speech into easily understood Thai idiomatic speech

คนไม่ถือตัว this is the complimentary phrase I hear most commonly to positively describe an unpretentious person which is a personality type perhaps not as common in Thailand as elsewhere as the pretentious and greedy tend to rule the roost.

[Seligne2]

Unpretentious = ติดดิน (dtit^L-din^M)

[OptimusThai]

I'll second ติดดิน. Perfectly valid and has the same general meaning. I'd avoid using the word "ตีน" unless absolutely sure of the context and audience.