ข้าว

kâao

Meanings

1NounA1

rice (cooked)

Cooked rice eaten as food; also the staple portion of a meal.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherสวยsŭuaiสวยsŭuai1beautiful; pretty2perfect; flawless (ironic)3nicely done; fineกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ผัดผักpàt pàkผัดผักpàt pàkstir-fried vegetables
I eat steamed rice with stir-fried vegetables.
2NounA2

rice (grain/uncooked)

Rice as a grain, including raw or processed but uncooked rice.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)กิโลgì-lohกิโลgì-loh1kilo (kilogram)2kilo (kilometer)3classifier: kilograms; kilometers (informal)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallใกล้บ้านglâi bâanใกล้บ้านglâi bâannear (one's) home; nearby home
I bought one kilogram of rice from the shop near my house.
3NounA2

meal; food (general)

Food or a meal in general in everyday speech (e.g., กินข้าวกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat together ‘to eat a meal’).

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellow
I’m going to have a meal with my friend.
4NounB1

rice plant; paddy

The rice plant or rice in the field/husk (e.g., ข้าวเปลือกข้าวเปลือกkâao bplèuak1paddy; unhusked rice2paddy (the crop; unhusked rice collectively) ‘paddy rice’).

Examples

ช่วงนี้chûuang néeช่วงนี้chûuang née1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodชาวนาchaao naaชาวนาchaao naarice farmerเกี่ยวข้าวgìiao kâaoเกี่ยวข้าวgìiao kâao[to] harvest riceในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นาnaaนาnaa1paddy field; rice field2classifier: rice fields; paddy fieldsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to concealเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsข้าวเปลือกkâao bplèuakข้าวเปลือกkâao bplèuak1paddy; unhusked rice2paddy (the crop; unhusked rice collectively)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ยุ้งyúngยุ้งyúng1granary; rice barn2rice bin (container)
These days the farmers have harvested the rice in the fields and stored the paddy in the granary.

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