ชาไข่

chaa-kài

Meaning

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tea with egg

a beverage made by mixing hot tea with an egg (raw or lightly cooked), typically sweetened and sometimes with milk; egg tea

Examples

ที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at homeยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeชาไข่chaa kàiชาไข่chaa kàitea with eggหวานwăanหวานwăan1sweet (taste)2sweet; endearing (manner/appearance)3romantic; sentimental; saccharine4stripped; worn (of a screw thread)นิดnítนิดnít1a little; a bit (quantity)2a bit; a little (degree modifier)ๆ-หอมชาhŏm chaaหอมชาhŏm chaa[to] smell of tea; be tea-fragrantกินginกินgin1[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); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)ตอนเช้าdton cháaoตอนเช้าdton cháao1morning (time period)2in the morningแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)อุ่นท้องùn tóngอุ่นท้องùn tóng1[to] feel comfortably warm in the stomach2comfortably warm in the stomach
At my grandma’s house, they still like to make egg tea—slightly sweet and fragrant—warming in the morning.
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Tones

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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classLow class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.

Low class consonants

คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ

Result

Mid tone

chaa

Level, in your normal speaking voice.

Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid

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——
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