ชำ
chamMeanings
1NounB1
dry groceries; sundries
dry foodstuffs and miscellaneous everyday goods sold in a small grocery shop, especially in ร้านชำร้านชำráan-chamgrocery store; corner shop or ของชำของชำkɔ̌ɔng-chamgroceries; sundries; provisions.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offน้ำปลาnáam-bplaaน้ำปลาnáam-bplaafish sauceที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerร้านชำráan-chamร้านชำráan-chamgrocery store; corner shopหน้าปากซอยnâa-bpàak-sɔɔiหน้าปากซอยnâa-bpàak-sɔɔientrance of an alley
I'm going to buy fish sauce at the grocery shop at the entrance to the lane.
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ร้านชำráan-chamของkɔ̌ɔngป้าbpâaเปิดbpə̀ətตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛเช้าcháoคนkonแถวนี้tɛ̌ɛo-níiจึงjʉngแวะwɛ́ซื้อของsʉ́ʉ-kɔ̌ɔngก่อนgɔ̀ɔnไปทำงานbpai-tam-ngaanได้dâai
Auntie's grocery shop opens early, so people in the neighborhood can stop by to buy things before work.
เมื่อก่อนmʉ̂ʉa-gɔ̀ɔnยายyaaiขายของkǎai-kɔ̌ɔngชำchamอยู่yùuที่บ้านtîi-bâanมีmiiทั้งtángข้าวสารkâao-sǎanน้ำตาลnám-dtaanและlɛ́สบู่sà-bùu
Grandma used to sell groceries and household essentials from home, including rice, sugar, and soap.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàมีmiiร้านสะดวกซื้อráan-sà-dùuak-sʉ́ʉมาmaaเปิดbpə̀ətใกล้glâiร้านชำráan-chamเก่าแก่gào-gɛ̀ɛแห่งนี้hɛ̀ng-níiก็gɔ̂ยังyangมีmiiลูกค้าประจำlûuk-káa-bprà-jamที่tîiแวะwɛ́มาmaaซื้อของsʉ́ʉ-kɔ̌ɔngและlɛ́พูดคุยpûut-kuiกับgàpเจ้าของร้านjâao-kɔ̌ɔng-ráan
Although a convenience store has opened nearby, this long-established grocery shop still has regular customers who stop by to shop and chat with the owner.
2VerbB2
[to] root cuttings; [to] raise plants for transplanting
to place cuttings or young plants in soil or another growing medium so that they take root or become established before transplanting.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ชำchamชำcham1dry groceries; sundries2[to] root cuttings; [to] raise plants for transplantingกิ่งgìngกิ่งgìng1branch; twig (small)2branch; offshoot (figurative)3classifier: branches, twigsมะลิmá-líมะลิmá-lí1jasmine (plant/flower)2Mali (female given name)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] set aside; reserve3for later; in reserve4[to] leave (something) as is5marks retention or maintenance of a state6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ข้างkâangข้างkâang1side; flank2beside; next to; by3side; party (in a dispute or game)4side; lateral (modifier)รั้วrúuaรั้วrúua1fence; enclosure2railings; barrierไม่นานmâi-naanไม่นานmâi-naan1soon; shortly2briefly; not for longรากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3root (math)4root (linguistics)5[to] vomit; throw upก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerออกɔ̀ɔkออกɔ̀ɔk1[to] go out; exit; leave2out; outward3[in sports] out of bounds4[to] come out; appear; be issued5[to] produce; emit; put out6[to] pay; spend; disburse7[to] quit; resign8[to] issue; publish9successfully; out (indicating comprehension or discovery)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alightดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4earth (electrical)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action marker
Grandma rooted a jasmine cutting by the fence; soon roots grew and it could be planted in the ground.
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ถ้าtâaจะjàชำchamกิ่งgìngไทรtraiควรkuuanใช้cháiฮอร์โมนhɔɔ-moonเร่งรากrêng-râakและlɛ́เก็บไว้gèp-wáiในที่ร่มnai-tîi-rômชื้นchʉ́ʉnเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiติดdtìtง่ายngâai
If you want to root a fig cutting, you should use rooting hormone and keep it in a humid shade to take easily.
การgaanชำchamกิ่งgìngมะนาวmá-naaoด้วยdûuaiวิธีwí-tiiปักชำbpàk-chamในnaiทรายsaaiหยาบyàapช่วยchûuaiลดlótการgaanเน่าnâoก่อนgɔ̀ɔnรากrâakจะjàเกิดgə̀ət
Rooting a lime cutting by inserting it into coarse sand helps reduce rot before roots form.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ชำ said ชัม?
cham
- Vowel spellingThe vowel ำ already ends in an m sound, so it is respelled ัม.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ำ hides a final -ม, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
cham
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 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 | — | — |