กรมกอง
grom-gɔɔngMeaning
1NounB2
government departments; agencies
Government departments, agencies, bureaus, or official divisions, often used as a collective term for state organizations.
Examples
ข้าราชการkâa-râat-chá-gaanข้าราชการkâa-râat-chá-gaancivil servant; government officialจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmหลายlǎaiหลายlǎai1many; several2very; very much; a lot (Isan)กรมกองgrom-gɔɔngกรมกองgrom-gɔɔnggovernment departments; agenciesมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerร่วมประชุมrûuam-bprà-chumร่วมประชุมrûuam-bprà-chum[to] attend a meeting; [to] join a meetingกันganกันgan1together; together with2each other; one another (post-verb marker)3[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block4protective; resistant to; -proof5I; me (informal, male speech)6[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at present
Civil servants from various government departments came to attend the meeting today.
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การติดต่อgaan dtìt-dtòเอกสารèk-gà-săanกับgàpกรมกองgrom-gongต่างๆdtàang-dtàangมักจะmák jàใช้เวลาchái way-laaค่อนข้างkôn kâangนานnaan
Processing documents with various government departments usually takes quite a long time.
รัฐบาลrát-tà-baanมีmiiนโยบายná-yoo-baaiให้hâiทุกtúkกรมกองgrom-gɔɔngลดlótการใช้gaan-cháiกระดาษgrà-dàatเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaรักษาrák-sǎaสิ่งแวดล้อมsìng-wɛ̂ɛt-lɔ́ɔm
The government has a policy for all government agencies to reduce paper usage to protect the environment.
ระบบราชการrá-bòp râat-chá-gaanไทยtaiยังคงyang kongมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăaความซ้ำซ้อนkwaam sám sónในnaiการทำงานgaan tam ngaanระหว่างrá-wàangกรมกองgrom-gongต่างๆdtàang-dtàang
The Thai bureaucratic system still faces problems with overlapping work among various government departments.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กร, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
grom
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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กองgɔɔngกองgɔɔng1pile; heap; stack2to pile (up); heap; stack3classifier: piles; heaps; groups; units4division; department; unit; corpspile; heap; stackPart 2
กรมกองgrom-gɔɔngกรมกองgrom-gɔɔnggovernment departments; agenciesgovernment departments; agenciesWord