ชิปส์
chípMeaning
1NounA2
chips; crisps (snack)
Potato chips/crisps or similar thin, crispy snack foods.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchɔ̂ɔpชอบchɔ̂ɔp1[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); pocketชิปส์chípชิปส์chípchips; crisps (snack)รสเค็มrót-kemรสเค็มrót-kem1salty taste; saltiness2salty (in taste)
I like eating salty chips.
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Yesterday we bought a big bag of chips for the party.
Mom baked banana chips at home as a snack.
ระหว่างrá-wàangดูหนังduu-nǎngเราraoแบ่งชิปส์bɛ̀ng-chípหลายlǎaiรสrótมาmaaใส่sàiชามchaamรวมกันruuam-ganให้hâiทุกคนtúk-konหยิบyìpกินgin
While watching a movie, we mixed chips of various flavors in a bowl for everyone to share.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ชิปส์ said ชิบ?
chíp
- Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ป is said like บ (p).Silent letterส์ 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 endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ป, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chíp
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
ส์ 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 | — | — |