ติ่ว
dtìuMeaning
1NounB2
lottery stick; fortune-telling stick; tally token
A small bamboo or wooden stick or slip used as a token in a traditional lottery, for drawing lots, or in fortune-telling.
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเขย่าkà-yàoเขย่าkà-yào1[to] shake [sth]2[to] shake up; unsettleกระบอกgrà-bɔ̀ɔkกระบอกgrà-bɔ̀ɔk1cylindrical container; tube2barrel (of a gun)3cylinder (mechanical part)4classifier: cylindrical items (e.g., tubes, gun barrels, bamboo sections)เซียมซีsiiam-siiเซียมซีsiiam-siifortune sticks; fortune slipจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofติ่วdtìuติ่วdtìulottery stick; fortune-telling stick; tally tokenร่วงลงrûuang-longร่วงลงrûuang-long1[to] fall down; [to] fall off2[to] drop (in price/level)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerหนึ่งnʉ̀ngหนึ่งnʉ̀ng1one (number)2a; one; a single3a certain; a particular4first; top; foremostอันanอันan1thing; item; one2general classifier for objects, items, or abstract things3which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)4as for; concerning (formal/literary topic marker)
He shook the fortune-telling tube until one bamboo slip fell out.
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ยายyaaiใช้cháiติ่วdtìwไม้ไผ่máai pàiอันanเล็กๆlék lékในnaiการนับgaan nápจำนวนjam-nuuanของkŏngที่têeขายkăaiได้dâi
Grandma uses small bamboo sticks as tokens to count the number of items sold.
ในสมัยก่อนnai-sà-mǎi-gɔ̀ɔnโรงroongบ่อนbɔ̀ɔnจะjàใช้cháiติ่วdtìuที่tîiทำจากtam-jàakไม้ไผ่máai-pàiแทนtɛɛnเงินสดngən-sòtในnaiการเล่นgaan-lênพนันpá-nan
In the old days, gambling houses would use bamboo slips instead of cash in gambling.
คณะกรรมการká-ná-gam-má-gaanตัดสินใจdtàt-sǐn-jaiใช้cháiวิธีwí-tiiจับjàpติ่วdtìuเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaสุ่มเลือกsùm-lʉ̂ʉakผู้ชนะpûu-chá-náอย่างยุติธรรมyàang-yú-dtì-tam
The committee decided to use the method of drawing lots with bamboo slips to randomly select the winner fairly.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
dtìu
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + Mai ek → Low
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 | — | — |