ต้มเล้ง(dtôm léng)

Meanings

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spicy pork spine soup

A popular Thai spicy and sour soup made with pork spine or backbone, typically heavily seasoned with lime juice and fresh green chilies

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketต้มเล้งdtôm léngต้มเล้งdtôm léngspicy pork spine soupเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)เผ็ดpètเผ็ดpèt1spicy; hot (pungent)2figuratively fierce/bitingและláeและláeand (coordinating)เปรี้ยวbprîiaoเปรี้ยวbprîiao1sour; tart (taste)2stylish/edgy (slang)3fermented/overripe smellดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4it’s best; better (advisory tone)
I like eating spicy pork spine soup because it is nice and spicy and sour.

Word Breakdown

ต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (slang, น.)Part 1
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เล้งléngเล้งléng1spicy pork spine soup2pork spine bonesPart 2
ต้มเล้งdtôm léngต้มเล้งdtôm léngspicy pork spine soup