คอยล์
kɔɔiMeaning
1NounB1
coil (electrical/mechanical)
a wire winding or tube shaped into a spiral, used in electrical devices, machinery, or heating/cooling systems
Examples
แอร์ɛɛแอร์ɛɛ1air conditioner; AC2air conditioning; AC (cool air/system)3female flight attendant; air hostess (colloq.)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedมีคอยล์เย็นmii-kɔɔi-yenมีคอยล์เย็นmii-kɔɔi-yen[to] have a cooling coil (A/C; HVAC)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainด้านในdâan-naiด้านในdâan-nai1inside; on the inside2inside; interior3inner; interiorช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]ทำให้tam-hâiทำให้tam-hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]อากาศเย็นaa-gàat-yenอากาศเย็นaa-gàat-yencool weatherลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alight7southward; down-country8[to] publish; post [sth] online
A home air conditioner has an evaporator coil inside that helps cool the air.
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ช่างchângแนะนำให้nɛ́-nam-hâiล้างคอยล์láang-kɔɔiแอร์ɛɛปีละครั้งbpii-lá-krángเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiลมเย็นlom-yenสม่ำเสมอsà-màm-sà-mə̌ə
The technician recommended cleaning the AC coil once a year to keep the air consistently cool.
หม้อแปลงmɔ̂ɔ-bplɛɛngมีmiiคอยล์kɔɔiทองแดงtɔɔng-dɛɛngพันpanอยู่yùuหลายlǎaiชั้นchánเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเปลี่ยนbplìianแรงดันไฟฟ้าrɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa
A transformer has multiple layers of copper coils wound to change the voltage.
เครื่องทำความร้อนkrʉ̂ʉang-tam-kwaam-rɔ́ɔnใช้cháiคอยล์kɔɔiต้านทานไฟdtâan-taan-faiฟ้าfáaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaกระแสgrà-sɛ̌ɛไหลผ่านlǎi-pàanคอยล์kɔɔiจะjàร้อนrɔ́ɔnและlɛ́ถ่ายเทความร้อนtàai-tee-kwaam-rɔ́ɔnไปยังbpai-yangอากาศaa-gàat
A heater uses a resistance coil; when current flows through, the coil heats up and transfers heat to the air.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is คอยล์ said คอย?
kɔɔi
- Silent letterล์ is silent: the ◌์ mark cancels its sound.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ย, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
kɔɔi
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
ล์ is silent here.
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 | — | — |