ชาม(chaam)
Meanings
1NounA1
bowl
A round, open container used for holding, serving, or eating food or liquids.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseหยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)ชามchaamชามchaam1bowl2portion (bowlful)3classifier: bowls/bowlfulsมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ซุปsúpซุปsúpsoup
Mom grabbed a bowl to put soup in.
2NounA2
portion (bowlful)
A portion equal to the amount contained in one bowl; a bowlful.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ชามchaamชามchaam1bowl2portion (bowlful)3classifier: bowls/bowlfulsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerอิ่มแล้วìm láewอิ่มแล้วìm láewalready full; having eaten enough
I get full after one bowlful of rice.
3ClassifierA2
classifier: bowls/bowlfuls
A classifier used to count bowls and bowlful servings of food or liquids.
Examples
ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerข้าวต้มkâao dtômข้าวต้มkâao dtômrice soup; rice porridgeหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ชามchaamชามchaam1bowl2portion (bowlful)3classifier: bowls/bowlfulsครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
I’d like one bowl of rice porridge, please.