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gaan-tǔuMeaning
1NounA2
rubbing; scrubbing; wiping
The act of moving an object, hand, cloth, or similar item against a surface with friction, often repeatedly, to clean, polish, or otherwise affect it.
Examples
การถูgaan-tǔuการถูgaan-tǔurubbing; scrubbing; wipingพื้นpʉ́ʉnพื้นpʉ́ʉn1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3plain; unpatterned4basis; level; background (figurative)5background (color/pattern)ทำให้tam-hâiทำให้tam-hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]พื้นpʉ́ʉnพื้นpʉ́ʉn1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3plain; unpatterned4basis; level; background (figurative)5background (color/pattern)สะอาดsà-àatสะอาดsà-àat1clean2pure; innocent (morally clean)
Mopping the floor makes it clean.
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Rubbing your eyes hard can make them red.
Rubbing the table with a dry cloth does not remove this stain.
การถูgaan-tǔuพื้นpʉ́ʉnด้วยdûuaiผ้าpâaที่tîiเปียกbpìiakเกินไปgəən-bpaiทำให้tam-hâiพื้นpʉ́ʉnแห้งhɛ̂ɛngช้าcháaและlɛ́อาจàatทำให้tam-hâiคนkonลื่นล้มlʉ̂ʉn-lómได้dâai
Mopping with a cloth that is too wet makes the floor take longer to dry and may cause someone to slip and fall.
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 class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ร, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
gaan
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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การถูgaan-tǔuการถูgaan-tǔurubbing; scrubbing; wipingrubbing; scrubbing; wipingWord