ขัว
kàoMeaning
1NounB2
bridge
A bridge (primarily used in Northern and Northeastern Thai dialects)
Examples
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiพรุ่งนี้prûng-níi1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayเฮาhaoเฮาhao1we; us; our (regional)2I; me (informal, regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เดินข้ามdəən-kâamเดินข้ามdəən-kâam[to] walk across [sth]; [to] cross on footขัวkàoขัวkàobridgeไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyทำบุญtam-bunทำบุญtam-bun1[to] make merit; perform religious good deeds2hold a merit-making ceremonyที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerวัดwátวัดwát1to measure2Buddhist temple3to gauge; assess
Tomorrow we will walk across the wooden bridge to make merit at the temple.
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นักท่องเที่ยวnák-tɔ̂ɔng-tîiaoหลายคนlǎai-konชอบchɔ̂ɔpไปbpaiถ่ายรูปtàai-rûupที่tîiขัวkàoเหล็กในlèk-naiจังหวัดเชียงใหม่jang-wàt-chiiang-mài
Many tourists like to take photos at the Iron Bridge in Chiang Mai province.
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanร่วมแรงร่วมใจกันrûuam-rɛɛng-rûuam-jai-ganสร้างsâangขัวkàoแตะdtɛ̀ข้ามkâamแม่น้ำmɛ̂ɛ-náamเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiเดินทางdəən-taangได้สะดวกขึ้นdâai-sà-dùuak-kʉ̂n
The villagers joined hands to build a bamboo woven bridge across the river to facilitate travel.
ขัวkàoเก่าแก่gào-gɛ̀ɛแห่งนี้hɛ̀ng-níiเป็นbpenเส้นทางsên-taangข้ามkâamแม่น้ำmɛ̂ɛ-náamที่สำคัญtîi-sǎm-kanของkɔ̌ɔngคนในพื้นที่kon-nai-pʉ́ʉn-tîiมานานmaa-naanกว่าgwàaร้อยปีrɔ́ɔi-bpii
This ancient bridge has been an important river crossing for the locals for over a hundred years.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ขัว said เขา?
kào
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
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
kào
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 | — | — |