ถั่ว(tùua)
Meanings
1NounA1
bean; legume
A general term for beans or legumes, the edible seeds or pods of legume plants (e.g., mung bean, soybean, red bean).
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); pocketถั่วเขียวtùua kĭiaoถั่วเขียวtùua kĭiaomung beanต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (slang, น.)หวานwăanหวานwăan1sweet (taste)2sweet; endearing (manner/appearance)3romantic; sentimental; saccharine4sweet (personality/behavior)
I like eating sweet boiled mung beans.
2NounA2
peanut (common usage)
Peanut; in everyday Thai, ถั่วถั่วtùua1bean; legume2peanut (common usage)3classifier for beans/peanuts (rare) often means peanuts, especially in snacks, sauces, or toppings.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)โรยroiโรยroi1[to] wither; flag2[to] sprinkle; scatterถั่วtùuaถั่วtùua1bean; legume2peanut (common usage)3classifier for beans/peanuts (rare)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ไอศกรีมai-sà-greemไอศกรีมai-sà-greemice cream
I like sprinkling peanuts on ice cream.
3ClassifierB1
classifier for beans/peanuts (rare)
A measure word used informally for individual beans or peanuts, typically in casual speech; the standard classifier is เม็ดเม็ดmét1grain; bead; pellet2seed; kernel3tablet; pill4drop; raindrop5classifier: small round items.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillหยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)ถั่วtùuaถั่วtùua1bean; legume2peanut (common usage)3classifier for beans/peanuts (rare)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)สามsăamสามsăam1three (3)2third (ordinal)ถั่วtùuaถั่วtùua1bean; legume2peanut (common usage)3classifier for beans/peanuts (rare)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ใส่ปากsài bpàakใส่ปากsài bpàak[to] put [sth] in the mouth
He picked up three beans (counted with the informal classifier) and put them in his mouth.