ตรงตัว
dtrong-dtuuaMeanings
1AdjectiveB1
literal
Following the ordinary or exact meaning of the words, rather than a figurative or implied meaning.
Examples
ชื่อchʉ̂ʉชื่อchʉ̂ʉ1name2[to] be named; be called3reputation; renownร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallบ้านไม้bâan-máaiบ้านไม้bâan-máaiwooden house; timber houseมีความหมายmii-kwaam-mǎaiมีความหมายmii-kwaam-mǎai[to] have meaning; [to] be meaningfulตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaตรงตัวdtrong-dtuua1literal2literallyเพราะprɔ́เพราะprɔ́1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingร้านนี้ráan-níiร้านนี้ráan-níithis shop; this storeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4domestic; domesticated; cultivatedที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerทำจากtam-jàakทำจากtam-jàak1[to] be made of/from [sth]2[to] make [sth] from [sth]ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implement
The shop's name, “Wooden House,” has a literal meaning because the shop is a house made of wood.
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เขาkǎoบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaมือเย็นmʉʉ-yenในnaiความหมายkwaam-mǎaiตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaเพราะprɔ́เพิ่งpə̂ngถือtʉ̌ʉแก้วน้ำgɛ̂ɛo-náamแข็งkɛ̌ngมาmaa
He said his hands were cold in the literal sense because he had just been holding a glass of ice.
ฉันchănไม่ได้mâi dâaiพูดเล่นpôot lênว่าwâaบ้านbâanอยู่yòoกลางglaangนาnaaมันmanอยู่yòoกลางglaangนาnaaในnaiความหมายkwaam măaiตรงตัวdtrong dtuuaจริงjingๆ-
I'm not joking when I say the house is in the middle of a rice field. It really is, in the literal sense.
กำแพงgam-pɛɛngที่กั้นtîi-gânระหว่างrá-wàangสองsɔ̌ɔngชุมชนchum-chonเป็นbpenกำแพงgam-pɛɛngในnaiความหมายkwaam-mǎaiตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaไม่ใช่mâi-châiเพียงpiiangสัญลักษณ์sǎn-yá-lákของkɔ̌ɔngความขัดแย้งkwaam-kàt-yɛ́ɛngอย่างที่yàang-tîiหลายคนlǎai-konเข้าใจkâo-jai
The wall separating the two communities is a literal wall, not merely a symbol of conflict as many people assume.
2AdverbB1
literally
According to the exact wording or ordinary meaning, especially when translating or interpreting an expression.
Examples
ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)ให้เราhâi-raoให้เราhâi-rao1[to] give us; [to] give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usแปลbplɛɛแปลbplɛɛ1[to] translate2[to] interpret; explain meaningประโยคbprà-yòokประโยคbprà-yòoksentence (grammar)นี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaตรงตัวdtrong-dtuua1literal2literallyทีละtii-láทีละtii-láone at a time; each; perคำkamคำkam1word; term2classifier for words/utterances3speech; saying; utterance
The teacher asked us to translate this sentence literally, word by word.
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เขาkǎoแปลbplɛɛชื่อchʉ̂ʉหนังnǎngตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaแต่dtɛ̀ɛฉันchǎnว่าwâaชื่อchʉ̂ʉภาษาไทยpaa-sǎa-taiฟังดูfang-duuไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂iเป็นธรรมชาติbpen-tam-má-châat
He translated the movie title literally, but I think the Thai title sounds rather unnatural.
หากhàakแปลbplɛɛสำนวนsǎm-nuuanนี้níiตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaโดยdooiไม่mâiคำนึงถึงkam-nʉng-tʉ̌ngบริบทbɔɔ-rí-bòtผู้อ่านpûu-àanอาจàatเข้าใจผิดkâo-jai-pìtว่าwâaผู้พูดpûu-pûutกำลังgam-langกล่าวถึงglàao-tʉ̌ngเหตุการณ์hèet-gaanที่tîiเกิดขึ้นgə̀ət-kʉ̂nจริงjing
If this idiom is translated literally without considering the context, readers may mistakenly think the speaker is describing an event that actually happened.
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 classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster ตร, the first consonant ต sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
dtrong
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
ตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2directly; straight (direction/path)3direct; straightforward; frank4[to] be straight; align5exact; matching; corresponding6[to] head straight toward [sb/sth/somewhere]straight (not bent)Part 1
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ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figurebody; self; person (colloq.)Part 2
ตรงตัวdtrong-dtuuaตรงตัวdtrong-dtuualiteralliteralWord