ช้อนแมง
chɔ́ɔn-mɛɛngMeaning
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insect/water scoop net; dip net
A handheld dip net with a wire mesh or cloth net used to catch insects, small fish, tadpoles, or to scoop debris from water; used in household, farm, or fishing settings.
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: adverse consequence6come on; all right; go ahead7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)8keep on (doing); on and on (V + เอา ๆ)ช้อนแมงchón maengช้อนแมงchón maenginsect/water scoop net; dip netไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyช้อนchónช้อนchón1spoon2classifier: spoonfuls3[to] scoop; ladleปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)ตัวเล็กdtuua lékตัวเล็กdtuua lék1small; small in build2lowercase (letters)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ลำธารlam taanลำธารlam taanstream; brook
The children took a dip net to scoop small fish in the stream.
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ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkผมpŏmชอบchôpเอาaoช้อนแมงchón maengไปbpaiช้อนchónลูกอ๊อดlôok ótในnaiนาnaaหลังlăngฝนตกfŏn dtòk
When I was a kid, I liked to take a dip net to scoop tadpoles in the rice field after it rained.
ต้องdtôngใช้cháiช้อนแมงchón maengค่อยๆkôi kôiตักdtàkใบไม้bai máaiที่têeร่วงลงrûuang longไปbpaiในnaiบ่อปลาbò plaaออกòk
You have to use a dip net to carefully scoop the leaves that have fallen into the fish pond.
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanใช้cháiช้อนแมงchón maengที่têeทำจากtam jàakตาข่ายdtaa kàaiถี่ๆtèe tèeเพื่อpêuuaร่อนrônหาhăaลูกไรlôok raiในnaiแหล่งน้ำlàeng náamธรรมชาติtam-má-châatสำหรับsăm-ràpนำnamไปเป็นbpai bpenอาหารปลาaa-hăan bplaa
Villagers use a dip net made of fine mesh to sift for water fleas in natural water sources to use as fish food.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chɔ́ɔn
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ช้อนแมงchɔ́ɔn-mɛɛngช้อนแมงchɔ́ɔn-mɛɛnginsect/water scoop net; dip netinsect/water scoop net; dip netWord