กระซวก
grà-sûuakMeanings
1VerbB2
[to] stab; thrust into
To stab or pierce someone or something by thrusting a knife or another pointed object into them.
Examples
คนร้ายkon-ráaiคนร้ายkon-ráai1criminal; culprit; perpetrator; assailant2villain (in fiction)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderมีดmîitมีดmîitknifeกระซวกgrà-sûuakกระซวกgrà-sûuak1[to] stab; thrust into2[to] eat; gobble down (informal)ชายchaaiชายchaai1man; male person2male sex3male; masculine4edge; brim; hem; shoreคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)ก่อนจะgɔ̀ɔn-jàก่อนจะgɔ̀ɔn-jàbefore (introducing a clause)วิ่งหนีwîng-nǐiวิ่งหนีwîng-nǐi1[to] run away from [sb]/[sth]; flee2[to] run away from [sth] (figurative); avoid/evadeไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessively
The attacker stabbed the man with a knife before running away.
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ในnaiหนังnǎngเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiพระเอกprá-èekถูกtùukตัวร้ายdtuua-ráaiกระซวกgrà-sûuakด้วยdûuaiมีดmîitแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangรอดrɔ̂ɔtมาmaaได้dâai
In this movie, the hero is stabbed with a knife by the villain but survives.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàยอมyɔɔmส่งsòngกระเป๋าgrà-bpǎoให้hâiแล้วlɛ́ɛoผู้เสียหายpûu-sǐia-hǎaiก็gɔ̂ยังyangถูกtùukคนร้ายkon-ráaiใช้cháiมีดmîitกระซวกgrà-sûuakจนjonได้รับบาดเจ็บdâi-ráp-bàat-jèpสาหัสsǎa-hàt
Even after handing over the bag, the victim was still stabbed by the attacker and seriously injured.
พยานpá-yaanเล่าlâoว่าwâaทั้งคู่táng-kûuมีปากเสียงกันmii-bpàak-sǐiang-ganอยู่yùuพักใหญ่pák-yàiก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiฝ่ายfàaiหนึ่งnʉ̀ngจะjàชักchákมีดmîitออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaกระซวกgrà-sûuakอีกฝ่ายìik-fàai
A witness said the two had been arguing for quite a while before one pulled out a knife and stabbed the other.
2VerbB2
[to] eat; gobble down (informal)
To eat, often with the suggestion of eating hastily or greedily; a colloquial expression.
Examples
หิวhǐuหิวhǐu1hungry2[to] be hungry; feel hungryจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofตาลายdtaa-laaiตาลายdtaa-laai1[to] have blurred vision; see spots2[to] be dazzled; overwhelmedแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ขอkɔ̌ɔขอkɔ̌ɔ1[to] request; ask for [sth]2polite request marker3[to] beg; plead4[to] wish for; pray forไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyกระซวกgrà-sûuakกระซวกgrà-sûuak1[to] stab; thrust into2[to] eat; gobble down (informal)ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyก่อนนะgɔ̀ɔn-náก่อนนะgɔ̀ɔn-náfirst (polite); used on leaving ('I'll go first')
I'm so hungry I can barely see straight. Let me go wolf down some food first.
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We stuffed ourselves with Thai barbecue before heading home.
มัวแต่muua-dtɛ̀ɛทำงานtam-ngaanจนjonลืมlʉʉmกินข้าวgin-kâaoพอpɔɔถึงบ้านtʉ̌ng-bâanก็เลยgɔ̂-ləəiกระซวกgrà-sûuakข้าวkâaoไปbpaiสองsɔ̌ɔngจานjaanรวดrûuat
I was so caught up in work that I forgot to eat, so when I got home, I wolfed down two plates of rice in a row.
เมื่อกี้mʉ̂ʉa-gíiยังyangบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaอิ่มìmอยู่yùuเลยləəiแต่dtɛ̀ɛพอpɔɔของหวานkɔ̌ɔng-wǎanมาmaaเสิร์ฟsə̀əpก็gɔ̂กระซวกgrà-sûuakต่อdtɔ̀ɔเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanไม่ได้mâi-dâaiกินginอะไรà-raiมาmaaทั้งวันtáng-wan
You had just said you were full, but as soon as dessert was served, you went right on stuffing your face as if you hadn't eaten all day.
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 endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
grà
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
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 | — | — |