ขย่ม
kà-yòmMeaning
1VerbB1
[to] bounce up and down; [to] press down repeatedly on [sth]
to move one's body up and down repeatedly, often while sitting or standing on something, making it shake or pressing it down
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ขึ้นไปkêun bpaiขึ้นไปkêun bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreขย่มkà-yòmขย่มkà-yòm[to] bounce up and down; [to] press down repeatedly on [sth]เตียงdtiangเตียงdtiang1bed (furniture)2CLF: beds; bed-like platformsจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofสปริงsà-bpringสปริงsà-bpring1spring (elastic mechanical component)2spring (season) [loan]พังpangพังpang1broken; not working2[to] break down; collapse; fall apart3ruined; a mess (plans/situations)4[to] demolish; wreck [sth]
Children like to get on the bed and bounce on it until the springs break.
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อย่าyàaขย่มkà-yòmกิ่งไม้gìng-máaiแรงrɛɛngเกินไปgəən-bpaiนะnáเดี๋ยวdǐiaoไม้máaiมันmanจะjàหักhàkตกลงมาdtòk-long-maa
Don't bounce on the tree branch too hard, or it will break and fall.
ลิงlingตัวนั้นdtuua-nánกำลังgam-langขย่มkà-yòmหลังคาlǎng-kaaรถrótของkɔ̌ɔngนักท่องเที่ยวnák-tɔ̂ɔng-tîiaoอย่างสนุกสนานyàang-sà-nùk-sà-nǎan
That monkey is happily bouncing up and down on the roof of a tourist's car.
กลุ่มวัยรุ่นglùm-wai-rûnช่วยกันchûuai-ganขย่มkà-yòmท้ายtáaiรถกระบะrót-grà-bàที่tîiติดหล่มdtìt-lòmเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiล้อlɔ́ɔสามารถsǎa-mâatเคลื่อนที่klʉ̂ʉan-tîiต่อไปdtɔ̀ɔ-bpaiได้dâai
A group of teenagers helped bounce the back of the pickup truck that was stuck in the mud so the wheels could keep moving.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ขย่ม said ขะ-หย่ม?
kà-yòm
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
kà
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High 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 | — | — |