ก่อง(gòng)
Meanings
1NounB2
bamboo sticky rice container
a small woven bamboo container with a lid used for keeping cooked sticky rice, commonly used in Northern and Northeastern Thailand
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แม่mâeแม่mâe1form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)2mother; mom3prefix: female; main; baseใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] put in; [to] add4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ข้าวเหนียวร้อนๆkâao nĭiao rón rónข้าวเหนียวร้อนๆkâao nĭiao rón rónhot sticky riceลงในlong naiลงในlong nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inก่องข้าวgòng kâaoก่องข้าวgòng kâaosticky rice basket
Mom put hot sticky rice into the bamboo container.
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He took the sticky rice container to eat at the rice field as well.
ตำนานdtam naanก่องข้าวgòng kâaoน้อยnóiฆ่าkâaแม่mâeสอนsŏnให้เราhâi raoรู้จักrúu jàkควบคุมkûap-kumความโกรธkwaam gròhtและláeความหิวkwaam hĭu
The legend of 'Kong Khao Noi Kha Mae' teaches us to control anger and hunger.
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanในnaiภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanนิยมní-yomสานsăanก่องข้าวgòng kâaoจากjàakไม้ไผ่máai pàiเพื่อpêuuaไว้ใช้wái cháiในnaiครัวเรือนkruua reuuan
Villagers in the Northeast commonly weave sticky rice containers from bamboo for household use.
2AdjectiveC1
bright; shining
bright, shining, clear, or beautiful (typically used in literary or poetic contexts)
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ดวงดาวduuang daaoดวงดาวduuang daaostar; stars; heavenly bodiesส่องแสงsòng săengส่องแสงsòng săeng1[to] shine; emit light2[to] stand out; attract attention; show promise (figurative)สุกsùkสุกsùk1ripe (fruit)2[to] ripen; [to] get cooked3cooked; done (food)ก่องgòngก่องgòng1bamboo sticky rice container2bright; shiningบนbonบนbon1upper; top2[to] vow (at a shrine)3on; upon; in; aboveท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavensยามค่ำคืนyaam kâm keunยามค่ำคืนyaam kâm keun1nighttime; the night2at night; during the night
The stars shine brightly in the night sky.
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That young woman has a complexion as bright and clear as moonlight.
The full moon casts its bright, clear light across the entire forest.
กวีgà-weeบรรยายban-yaaiความงามkwaam ngaamของkŏngนางในวรรณคดีnaang nai wan-ná-ká-deeว่าwâaมีmeeผิวพรรณpĭu panสุกsùkก่องgòngดั่งdàngทองทาtong taa
The poet describes the beauty of the literary heroine as having a complexion as bright as applied gold.