กรึ่ม
grʉ̀mMeaning
1AdjectiveB1
tipsy; slightly drunk
slightly drunk; feeling a mild, pleasant buzz from alcohol; not fully intoxicated (colloquial).
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ดื่มdèumดื่มdèum1[to] drink2[to] drink alcoholเบียร์biiaเบียร์biiabeerไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2up to; as far as; only as much asแก้วgâewแก้วgâew1drinking glass2glass (material)3classifier: glasses of drink4crystal; precious gem5precious; cherished; beloved (literary)เดียวdiiaoเดียวdiiaosingle; one; only; sameก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toกรึ่มgrèumกรึ่มgrèumtipsy; slightly drunkๆ-แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
I only had one glass of beer and I'm already starting to feel tipsy.
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พอpɔɔตกดึกdtòk-dʉ̀kทุกคนtúk-konในnaiงานปาร์ตี้ngaan-bpaa-dtîiก็gɔ̂เริ่มrə̂əmกรึ่มgrʉ̀mและlɛ́ร้องเพลงrɔ́ɔng-pleengกันganอย่างสนุกสนานyàang-sà-nùk-sà-nǎan
Late at night, everyone at the party started to get tipsy and sang songs happily.
วันนี้wan néeขอแค่kŏr kâeกรึ่มgrèumๆ-ก็gâwพอporไม่mâiอยากyàakเมาmaoหนักnàkเหมือนmĕuuanเมื่อวานmêuua waan
Today, I just want to be a little tipsy; I don't want to get heavily drunk like yesterday.
ความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukกรึ่มgrèumๆ-ตอนdtonดื่มdèumไวน์waiช่วยให้chûuai hâiฉันchănผ่อนคลายpòn klaaiจากjàakความเครียดkwaam krîiatในnaiที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanได้ดีdâai dee
The slightly buzzed feeling from drinking wine helps me relax well from work-related stress.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กร, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
grʉ̀m
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + Mai ek → 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 | — | — |