กว่าง
gwàangMeaning
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rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros beetle; scarab beetle (often referring to the type used in traditional Thai beetle fighting)
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)หน้าฝนnâa fŏnหน้าฝนnâa fŏn1rainy season; monsoon season2during the rainy seasonชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyเดินหาdern hăaเดินหาdern hăa[to] walk around looking for [sb] or [sth]จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] perch (of a bird)6[to] detect; pick up; sense7[to] attack; come on (of fever)8[to] settle on; stick to a surfaceกว่างgwàangกว่างgwàangrhinoceros beetleที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] perch4[to] stick; [to] adhere5[to] come close to shore (of a boat)6[to] rely on [sb] for support or advantage (figurative)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2according to; in accordance with3after; behind; in pursuit of4[to] comply with; abide by; obey5along; along (a path); following (direction)6[to] send for; fetch [sb]7[to] light; kindle (literary)ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ตอนเช้าตรู่dton cháo dtròoตอนเช้าตรู่dton cháo dtròo1early in the morning; at dawn2early morning; dawn
During the rainy season, children like to go searching to catch rhinoceros beetles clinging to trees in the early morning.
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เราraoสามารถsăa-mâatแยกyâekเพศpâytได้dâiง่ายๆngâai ngâaiเพราะpráwกว่างgwàangตัวผู้dtuua pôoจะมีjà meeเขาkăoที่têeยาวyaaoและláeสวยงามsŭuay ngaamกว่าgwàaตัวเมียdtuua miiaมากmâak
We can easily distinguish their sex because male rhinoceros beetles have much longer and more beautiful horns than females.
ประเพณีbprà-pee-niiการชนgaan-chonกว่างgwàangเป็นbpenวัฒนธรรมwát-tá-ná-tamพื้นบ้านpʉ́ʉn-bâanที่tîiได้รับความนิยมdâi-ráp-kwaam-ní-yomอย่างมากyàang-mâakและlɛ́สืบทอดกันมาsʉ̀ʉp-tɔ̂ɔt-gan-maaนานnaanในnaiภาคเหนือpâak-nʉ̌ʉaของkɔ̌ɔngประเทศไทยbprà-têet-tai
The tradition of rhinoceros beetle fighting is a highly popular folk culture that has been passed down for a long time in Northern Thailand.
ในnaiช่วงปลายchûuang-bplaaiฤดูฝนrʉ́-duu-fǒnชาวบ้านchaao-bâanมักจะmák-jàนำnamกว่างgwàangที่tîiตนเองdton-eengคัดเลือกkát-lʉ̂ʉakและlɛ́เลี้ยงดูlíiang-duuเป็นอย่างดีbpen-yàang-diiมาmaaประลองกำลังbprà-lɔɔng-gam-langกันganเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaสร้างsâangความบันเทิงkwaam-ban-təəngในnaiชุมชนchum-chon
During the end of the rainy season, villagers often bring the rhinoceros beetles they have carefully selected and raised to test their strength for community entertainment.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กว, 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
gwàang
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 | — | — |