ชะแลง
chá-lɛɛngMeaning
1NounB1
crowbar; pry bar
A sturdy metal lever, often with a curved or forked end, used for prying, lifting, or removing nails and fasteners.
Examples
ช่างchângช่างchâng1artisan; mechanic; technician2crafts-; technical (prefix)3never mind; let it be4how (exclamatory)5[to] be inclined to; be given toใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderชะแลงchá-lɛɛngชะแลงchá-lɛɛngcrowbar; pry barงัดngátงัดngát1[to] pry; lever up2[to] break in by prying; jimmy3[to] bring out/use (a move/argument) forcefullyฝากfàakฝากfàak1[to] deposit [money]2[to] leave/entrust [sth] with [sb]3[to] send via [sb]; send alongลังlangลังlang1crate; case (sturdy container)2classifier: crates; cases3case quantity (packaged unit)ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)อย่างระวังyàang-rá-wangอย่างระวังyàang-rá-wangcarefully; cautiously
The worker used a crowbar to carefully pry up the wooden crate lid.
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พวกเราpûuak-raoเอาaoชะแลงchá-lɛɛngสอดsɔ̀ɔtใต้dtâaiหินhǐnแล้วlɛ́ɛoงัดngátขึ้นkʉ̂nเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเคลื่อนย้ายklʉ̂ʉan-yáai
We slid a crowbar under the rock and pried it up to move it.
เขาkǎoใช้cháiชะแลงchá-lɛɛngปลายbplaaiง่ามngâamดึงdʉngตะปูdtà-bpuuออกจากɔ̀ɔk-jàakแผ่นไม้pɛ̀n-máaiทีละtii-láตัวdtuua
He used the forked end of the crowbar to pull nails out of the wooden board one by one.
เพราะpráwกลอนglonประตูbprà-dtuuติดแน่นdtìt nâenช่างchângจึงjeungใช้cháiชะแลงchá-laengปลายbplaaiโค้งkóhngงัดngátเบาbaoๆ-จนjonบานประตูbaan bprà-dtooคลายตัวklaai dtuua
Because the door latch was jammed, the technician used the curved end of the crowbar to gently pry until the door loosened.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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แลงlɛɛngแลงlɛɛng1evening (Isan/Northern)2in the evening (Isan/Northern, adv.)evening (Isan/Northern)Part 2
ชะแลงchá-lɛɛngชะแลงchá-lɛɛngcrowbar; pry barcrowbar; pry barWord