ชังก์
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1NounB1
chunk; piece; lump
A thick, solid piece or lump of something, such as chocolate or wood.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)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); pocketบราวนี่braao-nêeบราวนี่braao-nêe1a small, dense chocolate cake bar2a Brownie (Girl Guides junior member)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoช็อกโกแลตchók-goh-làetช็อกโกแลตchók-goh-làet1chocolate (food; candy)2chocolate drink (hot/cold)3chocolate (color)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ชังก์chángชังก์cháng1chunk; piece; lump2chunk; block-like unit (data/games)3grouped unit of information (memory)ใหญ่ๆyài yàiใหญ่ๆyài yài1big; large; fairly big2major; significant; prominent3the big ones; large ones4in a big way; on a large scale
I like to eat brownies that have big chunks of chocolate in them.
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He cut the meat into large chunks to prepare a stew.
คุกกี้kúk-gîiนี้níiอร่อยà-rɔ̀iมากmâakเพราะprɔ́มีmiiไวท์ช็อกโกแลตwái-chɔ́k-goo-lɛ́tชังก์changผสมpà-sǒmอยู่yùuเต็มไปหมดเลยdtem-bpai-mòt-ləəi
This cookie is delicious because it's full of white chocolate chunks.
ระหว่างrá-wàangเดินป่าdəən-bpàaเราraoเจอjəəควอตซ์kwɔ́ɔtชังก์changใหญ่yàiที่tîiส่องประกายsɔ̀ɔng-bprà-gaaiเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaโดนdoonแสงแดดsɛ̌ɛng-dɛ̀ɛt
While hiking, we found a large quartz chunk that sparkled when the sunlight hit it.
2NounB2
chunk; block-like unit (data/games)
A separate piece or block taken from a larger whole, especially a unit of data in computing or a section of a procedurally generated game world.
Examples
เกมgaymเกมgaym1game; match2video game3game (subdivision of play in sports)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)โหลดlòhtโหลดlòht1[to] download; load (digital)2[to] load [sth] (onto/in)3load (burden/capacity)แผนที่păen-têeแผนที่păen-têe1map2classifier: ฉบับ / แผ่น3game map; playable game areaไม่ทันmâi tanไม่ทันmâi tan1not in time; too late2[to] miss [sth]; fail to be in time (for [sth])3[to] not keep up (with [sb]/[sth]); be outpaced4[to] not get the chance to (do [sth])ทำให้เห็นtam hâi hĕnทำให้เห็นtam hâi hĕn[to] show; [to] demonstrate; [to] make visibleโลกlôhkโลกlôhk1Earth; the planet2the world; human society3world; realmว่างๆwâang wâangว่างๆwâang wâang1sometime; when free2free; not busy (colloquial)3idly; with nothing to doก่อนที่gòn têeก่อนที่gòn têebefore (introducing a clause)ชังก์chángชังก์cháng1chunk; piece; lump2chunk; block-like unit (data/games)3grouped unit of information (memory)ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)5hibiscus (Northern Thai)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ปรากฏขึ้นbpraa-gòt kêunปรากฏขึ้นbpraa-gòt kêun[to] appear; [to] show upมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect marker
This game can't load the map in time, causing you to see an empty world before a new chunk appears.
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เพื่อpêuuaการดาวน์โหลดgaan daao-lòhtที่têeเร็วขึ้นreo kêunไฟล์ขนาดใหญ่faai kà-nàat yàiจะjàถูกtòokแบ่งออกเป็นbàeng òk bpenชังก์chángเล็กๆlék lékหลายๆlăai lăaiอันan
For faster downloads, the large file is divided into many small chunks.
ระบบrá-bòpจะjàส่งข้อมูลsòng-kɔ̂ɔ-muunเป็นbpenชังก์changขนาดkà-nàat64กิโลไบต์gì-loo-báiเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพpə̂əm-bprà-sìt-tí-pâapการถ่ายโอนข้อมูลgaan-tàai-oon-kɔ̂ɔ-muun
The system sends data in 64-kilobyte chunks to optimize data transfer efficiency.
ในnaiเกมมายคราฟต์geem-maai-krâapโลกlôokของkɔ̌ɔngเกมgeemถูกtùukสร้างsâangและlɛ́โหลดขึ้นlòot-kʉ̂nมาmaaทีละtii-láชังก์changทำให้tam-hâiสามารถsǎa-mâatสร้างsâangโลกlôokที่tîiไม่มีที่สิ้นสุดmâi-mii-tîi-sîn-sùtได้dâai
In the game Minecraft, the game world is generated and loaded chunk by chunk, allowing for an infinite world.
3NounC1
grouped unit of information (memory)
In psychology, a set of items or pieces of information grouped together and treated as a single unit to make remembering or processing easier.
Examples
การจำgaan-jamการจำgaan-jam1remembering; recall2memorization; learning by heartเบอร์โทรศัพท์bəə-too-rá-sàpเบอร์โทรศัพท์bəə-too-rá-sàpphone number; telephone numberทำได้tam-dâaiทำได้tam-dâai1[to] be able to do [sth]2I/we did it!3[to] be allowed to do [sth]ง่ายขึ้นngâai-kʉ̂nง่ายขึ้นngâai-kʉ̂n1easier (than before)2more easily (than before)3[to] become easierถ้าtâaถ้าtâaif; in caseเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)แบ่งตัวbɛ̀ng-dtuuaแบ่งตัวbɛ̀ng-dtuua1[to] divide (of a cell)2[to] split up (into groups/tasks)เลขlêekเลขlêek1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery numberเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ชังก์changชังก์chang1chunk; piece; lump2chunk; block-like unit (data/games)3grouped unit of information (memory)เช่นchênเช่นchên1for example; such as2like; as081-234-5678
Remembering a phone number is easier if we group the numbers into chunks, like 081-234-5678.
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เทคนิคték-nìkการแบ่งgaan-bɛ̀ngข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunเป็นbpenชังก์changช่วยให้chûuai-hâiสมองsà-mɔ̌ɔngของเราkɔ̌ɔng-raoจัดการjàt-gaanกับgàpข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunที่tîiซับซ้อนsáp-sɔ́ɔnและlɛ́จดจำjòt-jamได้ดีขึ้นdâai-dii-kʉ̂n
The technique of chunking helps our brain process complex information and remember it better.
เมื่อmêuuaเรียนรู้riian róoประโยคprà-yôhkยาวๆyaao yaaoในnaiภาษาpaa-săaใหม่màiการแบ่งgaan bàengประโยคprà-yôhkออกòkเป็นbpenชังก์chángของkŏngความหมายkwaam măaiจะjàช่วยให้chûuai hâiเข้าใจkâo jaiโครงสร้างkrohng sâangได้dâiง่ายขึ้นngâai kêun
When learning long sentences in a new language, breaking them down into meaningful chunks helps in understanding the structure more easily.
ผู้เชี่ยวชาญpûu-chîiao-chaanไม่ได้mâi-dâaiจำjamข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunทีละtii-láชิ้นchínแต่dtɛ̀ɛพวกเขาpûuak-kǎoรับรู้ráp-rúuข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunเป็นbpenชังก์changที่tîiมีmiiความสัมพันธ์kwaam-sǎm-panกันganซึ่งsʉ̂ngเป็นผลมาจากbpen-pǒn-maa-jàakการฝึกฝนgaan-fʉ̀k-fǒnมานานmaa-naan
Experts don't remember individual pieces of information; they perceive data as interconnected chunks, a result of extensive practice.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ชังก์ said ชัง?
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- Silent letterก์ 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 -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
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Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
ก์ 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 | — | — |