ซิ้น
sínMeaning
1NounA1
meat; flesh (Isan)
An Isan word for flesh or meat, especially animal flesh used as food.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesปิ้งbpîngปิ้งbpîng1[to] grill; toast2ping! (spark/idea sound)ซิ้นsínซิ้นsínmeat; flesh (Isan)หมูmǔuหมูmǔu1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4classifier: ตัว5fat person (impolite)
Mom is grilling pork.
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I don't eat beef.
Yesterday Mom bought pork to make larb.
Tomorrow we will grill meat to eat with sticky rice.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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
sín
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 | — | — |