ชักใย
chák-yaiMeanings
1VerbB2
[to] pull strings; manipulate [sb]
to secretly control, direct, or influence someone or a situation from behind the scenes; to pull strings
Examples
ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerสงสัยsǒng-sǎiสงสัยsǒng-sǎi1[to] doubt; be uncertain2[to] suspect3I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringคอยkɔɔiคอยkɔɔi1[to] wait (for [sb]/[sth])2keep (doing); regularly (do)3[to] be on standby; be readyชักใยchák-yaiชักใยchák-yai1[to] pull strings; manipulate [sb]2[to] spin a web; draw out threadsอยู่เบื้องหลังyùu-bʉ̂ʉang-lǎngอยู่เบื้องหลังyùu-bʉ̂ʉang-lǎng[to] be behind [sth]; work behind the scenesคดีká-diiคดีká-diilegal case; lawsuitนี้níiนี้níi1this2this one
The police suspect that someone is pulling the strings behind this case.
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เขาkǎoเป็นbpenแค่kɛ̂ɛนักการเมืองnák-gaan-mʉʉangหุ่นเชิดhùn-chə̂ətมีmiiคนอื่นkon-ʉ̀ʉnคอยkɔɔiชักใยchák-yaiอยู่yùuตลอดเวลาdtà-lɔ̀ɔt-wee-laa
He's just a puppet politician; there's always someone else pulling the strings.
มีmiiทฤษฎีสมคบคิดtrít-sà-dii-sǒm-kóp-kítว่าwâaองค์กรลับong-gɔɔn-lápองค์กรong-gɔɔnหนึ่งnʉ̀ngกำลังgam-langพยายามpá-yaa-yaamชักใยchák-yaiเศรษฐกิจโลกsèet-tà-gìt-lôok
There's a conspiracy theory that a secret organization is trying to pull the strings of the global economy.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàไม่ได้mâi-dâaiอยู่yùuในตำแหน่งnai-dtam-nɛ̀ngแล้วlɛ́ɛoแต่dtɛ̀ɛหลายคนlǎai-konเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâaเขาkǎoยังคงyang-kongมีอิทธิพลmii-ìt-tí-ponและlɛ́ชักใยchák-yaiการตัดสินใจgaan-dtàt-sǐn-jaiที่สำคัญtîi-sǎm-kanของkɔ̌ɔngบริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàt
Even though he's no longer in the position, many people believe he still has influence and is pulling the strings on the company's important decisions.
2VerbB2
[to] spin a web; draw out threads
to produce or draw out fine threads, especially as a spider spins its web
Examples
แมงมุมmɛɛng-mumแมงมุมmɛɛng-mumspiderกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesชักใยchák-yaiชักใยchák-yai1[to] pull strings; manipulate [sb]2[to] spin a web; draw out threadsอยู่ที่yùu-tîiอยู่ที่yùu-tîi1[to] be at; be located at2[to] be at (a level/amount)3[to] depend on; be up toมุมmumมุมmum1corner2angle3point of view; perspectiveห้องhɔ̂ngห้องhɔ̂ng1room2classifier: rooms
The spider is spinning a web in the corner of the room.
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คุณkunยายสอนyaai-sɔ̌ɔnวิธีwí-tiiสาวไหมsǎao-mǎiหรือrʉ̌ʉชักใยchák-yaiออกจากɔ̀ɔk-jàakรังrangเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaนำไปnam-bpaiทอtɔɔเป็นbpenผืนผ้าpʉ̌ʉn-pâa
My grandmother taught me how to reel or draw out silk from the cocoons to be woven into fabric.
กว่าgwàaหนอนไหมnɔ̌ɔn-mǎiจะjàพร้อมprɔ́ɔmให้เราhâi-raoเก็บเกี่ยวgèp-gìiaoใยyaiได้dâaiมันmanต้องdtɔ̂ngกินginใบหม่อนbai-mɔ̀ɔnจำนวนมากjam-nuuan-mâakแล้วจึงlɛ́ɛo-jʉngเริ่มrə̂əmชักใยchák-yaiสร้างsâangรังrang
Before a silkworm is ready for us to harvest its fiber, it must eat a large amount of mulberry leaves and then begin to spin its cocoon.
เราraoสามารถsǎa-mâatเห็นhěnหยดน้ำค้างyòt-náam-káangเกาะgɔ̀อยู่yùuบนbonใยyaiที่tîiแมงมุมmɛɛng-mumเพิ่งpə̂ngชักchákไว้wáiเมื่อคืนนี้mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn-níiอย่างสวยงามyàang-sǔuai-ngaam
We can beautifully see dewdrops clinging to the web that the spider had just spun last night.
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 vowelEnds in -ก, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chák
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
ชักchákชักchák1[to] pull; [to] draw (toward oneself/along)2[to] raise/lower (a flag, blinds)3[to] begin to; start to4[to] have convulsions; [to] twitch5seizure; convulsion (episode)6[to] draw up (liquid into a syringe)7[to] withdraw; [to] pull back[to] pull; [to] draw (toward oneself/along)Part 1
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ใยyaiใยyai1spider silk; cobweb2fiber; filament; thread3fiber (dietary)4why (archaic/literary)spider silk; cobwebPart 2
ชักใยchák-yaiชักใยchák-yai[to] pull strings; manipulate [sb][to] pull strings; manipulate [sb]Word