ชมพู่
chom-pôoMeanings
1NounB1
rose apple; wax apple (fruit or tree)
The rose apple or wax apple (Syzygium samarangense), a bell-shaped tropical fruit with crisp, juicy flesh; also the tree that bears this fruit.
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เช้านี้cháo néeเช้านี้cháo néethis morningแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: adverse consequence6come on; all right; go ahead7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)8auxiliary marking emphasis or resultชมพู่กรอบchom-pôo gròpชมพู่กรอบchom-pôo gròpcrisp wax apple; crunchy rose appleๆ-มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket
This morning Mom brought me some crisp rose apples to eat.
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There is a rose apple tree in front of my house, and when it bears fruit I share it with the neighbors.
ชมพู่chom-pôoสีชมพูsĕe chom-pooรูปทรงrôop songคล้ายkláaiกระดิ่งgrà-dìngกัดgàtแล้วláeoฉ่ำน้ำchàm náamมากmâak
The pink rose apples are bell-shaped, and when you bite them they're very juicy.
พ่อค้าpô káaบอกว่าbòk wâaชมพู่chom-pôoพันธุ์panนี้néeเนื้อกรอบnéuua gròpหวานwăanกินginสดsòtหรือrĕuทำtamสลัดsà-làtก็gâwอร่อยà-ròiพอporๆ-กันgan
The vendor said this variety of rose apple has sweet, crisp flesh and is just as good eaten fresh as it is in a salad.
2NounB1
guava (Southern Thai)
A tropical fruit with green or yellow skin and white or pink flesh, or the tree that produces it. This name is used in Southern Thai.
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เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)หั่นhànหั่นhàn1[to] slice; cut [sth] into pieces; chop2[to] slash; sharply reduce [sth]ฝรั่งfà-ràngฝรั่งfà-ràng1guava2Westerner; foreigner (European/descent)3Western; Western-styleเนื้อnéuuaเนื้อnéuua1meat; flesh2flesh; pulp (of fruit)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4human body (skin and flesh)5content; substantive matter6core/body of an objectสีชมพูsĕe chom-pooสีชมพูsĕe chom-poo1pink (color)2pink; pink-colored3rosy; romantic (figurative)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocketคนใต้kon dtâiคนใต้kon dtâisoutherner (Thailand)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiผลไม้pŏn-lá-máifruitนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeชมพู่chom-pôoชมพู่chom-pôo1rose apple; wax apple (fruit or tree)2guava (Southern Thai)
Yesterday, Grandma cut up a pink-fleshed guava for me to eat. People in southern Thailand call this fruit chomphu.
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คนใต้kon dtâiเรียกrîakฝรั่งfà-ràngว่าwâaชมพู่chom-pôoฉันchănชอบchôpกินginชมพู่chom-pôoเนื้อnéuuaขาวkăaoกับgàpพริกเกลือprík gleuuaแต่dtàeจะjàเลี่ยงlîangเมล็ดmá-létแข็งkăengๆ-ตรงกลางdtrong glaang
People in southern Thailand call guava chomphu. I like eating white-fleshed guava with chili salt, but I avoid the hard seeds in the middle.
ยายyaaiที่อยู่têe yòoภาคใต้pâak dtâiเรียกrîakต้นdtônฝรั่งfà-ràngหลังบ้านlăng bâanว่าwâaต้นdtônชมพู่chom-pôoตอนนี้dton néeออกลูกòk lôokแล้วláeoแต่dtàeลูกlôokยังyangเขียวkĭiaoและláeแข็งkăengอยู่yòo
My grandmother in southern Thailand calls the guava tree behind her house ton chomphu. It has started bearing fruit, but the fruit is still green and hard.
แม้máeคนkonต่างถิ่นdtàang tìnจะjàเรียกrîakผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiชนิดchà-nítนี้néeว่าwâaฝรั่งfà-ràngแต่dtàeชาวบ้านchaao bâanแถวนี้tăeo néeยังyangเรียกว่าrîiak wâaชมพู่chom-pôoตามdtaamภาษาถิ่นpaa-săa tìnใต้dtâi
Although people from elsewhere call this fruit farang, local people here still call it chomphu in the Southern Thai dialect.
Word Breakdown
ชมchomชมchom1[to] praise; compliment2[to] admire; take in (a view)3[to] watch; view (a show/broadcast)4[to] visit and view; tour[to] praise; complimentPart 1
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พู่pûuพู่pûu1classifier for tassels/tufts2tassel; pom-pom3tuft; plume; crest4plant tassel (e.g., corn)classifier for tassels/tuftsPart 2
ชมพู่chom-pôoชมพู่chom-pôorose apple; wax apple (fruit or tree)rose apple; wax apple (fruit or tree)Word