ชาติ

châat

Meanings

1NounB1

nation; country

a people with a common identity and territory; a nation or state

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2NounB2

race; ethnic or national origin

a person's ethnic or national origin; the people or nation to which someone belongs by origin

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3NounC1

life; lifetime; incarnation

a lifetime or incarnation, especially one of successive lives in the Buddhist cycle of rebirth

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4NounC1

birth; lineage (lit.)

origin by birth or lineage; used in literary or formal contexts

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แม้mɛ́ɛแม้mɛ́ɛ1even if; although; even though2evenเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เติบโตdtə̀əp-dtooเติบโตdtə̀əp-dtoo1to grow (physically/mentally)2to grow/expand (economy/organization)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ต่างแดนdtàang-dɛɛnต่างแดนdtàang-dɛɛn1abroad; overseas2a foreign land; foreign countries3foreign; from overseas (attrib.)แต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)รากเหง้าrâak-ngâoรากเหง้าrâak-ngâo1roots; origin; ancestry2root cause; foundationเชื้อสายchʉ́ʉa-sǎaiเชื้อสายchʉ́ʉa-sǎailineage; ancestry; descentและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2race; ethnic or national origin3life; lifetime; incarnation4birth; lineage (lit.)ของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎohis; hers; theirsยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)ผูกพันpùuk-panผูกพันpùuk-pan1[to] feel attached; be bonded2[to] be bound; be obligatedกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แผ่นดินแม่pɛ̀n-din-mɛ̂ɛแผ่นดินแม่pɛ̀n-din-mɛ̂ɛmotherland; homeland (poetic)อย่างลึกซึ้งyàang-lʉ́k-sʉ́ngอย่างลึกซึ้งyàang-lʉ́k-sʉ́ngdeeply; profoundly
Even though he grew up abroad, his lineage and origin remain deeply tied to the motherland.
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Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

Why is ชาติ said ชาด?

châat

  • Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ต is said like ด (t).

The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classLow class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingDead syllableLong vowelEnds in -ต, a stop, so it is dead.

Low class consonants

คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ

Result

Falling tone

châat

Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.

Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Long vowel → Falling

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

Word Breakdown

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ชาติchâatชาติchâatnation; countrynation; countryWord