ซ่อง
sɔ̂ɔngMeanings
1NounB2
brothel
a brothel or a house of prostitution
Examples
ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerบุกbùkบุกbùk1[to] invade; storm; raid; charge2[to] push in; force one’s way in; make an aggressive move (figurative)3konjac; elephant yam; Amorphophallus plantจับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] attack; come on (of fever)7[to] settle on; stick to a surfaceซ่องsɔ̂ɔngซ่องsɔ̂ɔng1brothel2den; hideoutเถื่อนtʉ̀ʉanเถื่อนtʉ̀ʉan1illegal; illicit; unauthorized2wild; undomesticated3wild; uncivilized; roughในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ซอยsɔɔiซอยsɔɔi1lane; small street2[to] finely slice; shred3classifier for lanes/alleysนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)เมื่อคืนนี้mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn-níiเมื่อคืนนี้mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn-níi1last night (time reference)2last night (time noun)
The police raided an illegal brothel in that alley last night.
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Many women were tricked into working in a brothel.
การค้าประเวณีgaan-káa-bprà-wee-niiในnaiซ่องsɔ̂ɔngยังคงyang-kongเป็นbpenปัญหาbpan-hǎaที่tîiแก้ไขgɛ̂ɛ-kǎiได้dâaiยากyâakในnaiหลายlǎaiประเทศbprà-têet
Prostitution in brothels remains a difficult problem to solve in many countries.
เขาkǎoทำtamสารคดีsǎa-rá-ká-diiตีแผ่dtii-pɛ̀ɛชีวิตchii-wítของkɔ̌ɔngหญิงสาวyǐng-sǎaoที่tîiถูกtùukบังคับbang-kápให้hâiขายบริการkǎai-bɔɔ-rí-gaanในnaiซ่องsɔ̂ɔng
He made a documentary exposing the lives of young women forced to sell sex in brothels.
2NounC1
den; hideout
a secret gathering place or hideout, typically associated with criminals or illicit activities
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanชาวบ้านchaao-bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ลือกันlʉʉ-ganลือกันlʉʉ-gan[to] be rumored; [to] be saidว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeบ้านร้างbâan-ráangบ้านร้างbâan-ráangabandoned house; deserted houseหลังlǎngหลังlǎng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: bed; bed-like platform6CL: building; house; structureนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ซ่องsɔ̂ɔngซ่องsɔ̂ɔng1brothel2den; hideoutโจรjooโจรjoo1thief; robber2bandit; brigand
The villagers rumored that the abandoned house was a thieves' hideout.
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โกดังgoo-dangแห่งนี้hɛ̀ng-níiถูกtùukใช้cháiเป็นbpenซ่องsɔ̂ɔngโจรjooของkɔ̌ɔngแก๊งgɛ́ngค้ายาเสพติดkáa-yaa-sèep-dtìt
This warehouse was used as a hideout by a drug trafficking gang.
ด้วยdûuayลักษณะภูมิประเทศlák-sà-nà poom-bprà-tâytที่têeสลับซับซ้อนsà-làp sáp sónป่าbpàaผืนpĕunนี้néeจึงjeungกลายเป็นglaai bpenซ่องsôngโจรjohnที่têeยากyâakต่อdtòการปราบปรามgaan bpràap bpraam
Due to its complex terrain, this forest has become a bandit hideout that is difficult to suppress.
ทางการtaang-gaanได้dâaiส่งsòngหน่วยรบพิเศษnùuai-róp-pí-sèetเข้าไปkâo-bpaiทลายtá-laaiซ่องsɔ̂ɔngโจรjooที่กบดานtîi-gòp-daanอยู่yùuบริเวณชายแดนbɔɔ-rí-ween-chaai-dɛɛn
The authorities dispatched special forces to dismantle the criminal hideout lurking near the border.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
sɔ̂ɔng
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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 | — | — |