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tûuaiMeanings
1NounA1
cup; small bowl
A small open container for drinking or serving food.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ดื่มชาdʉ̀ʉm-chaaดื่มชาdʉ̀ʉm-chaa[to] drink teaในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ถ้วยtûuaiถ้วยtûuai1cup; small bowl2classifier: cups; small bowls; trophy cups3trophy (cup)สีขาวsǐi-kǎaoสีขาวsǐi-kǎao1the color white2white (in color)3figurative: pure/innocent/harmless
I drink tea in a white cup.
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Could you please hand me the soup bowl?
On the table there is a coffee cup placed beside the dessert plate.
Mom poured pudding into small cups to serve the kids.
2ClassifierA1
classifier: cups; small bowls; trophy cups
Classifier used to count cups, small bowls, or trophy cups; also a unit for food portions in a cup.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)สั่งข้าวsàng-kâaoสั่งข้าวsàng-kâao[to] order foodต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (colloq.)หนึ่งnʉ̀ngหนึ่งnʉ̀ng1one (number)2a; one; a single3a certain; a particular4first; top; foremostถ้วยtûuaiถ้วยtûuai1cup; small bowl2classifier: cups; small bowls; trophy cups3trophy (cup)
I ordered one bowl (cup) of rice porridge.
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He bought three cups of ice cream to treat his friends.
This recipe uses one cup of flour and half a cup of milk.
3NounA2
trophy (cup)
A prize in the shape of a cup awarded to a winner.
Examples
ทีมtiimทีมtiimteam; groupของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnmy; mineได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerถ้วยtûuaiถ้วยtûuai1cup; small bowl2classifier: cups; small bowls; trophy cups3trophy (cup)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmการแข่งขันฟุตบอลgaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎn-fút-bɔɔnการแข่งขันฟุตบอลgaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎn-fút-bɔɔnfootball match; soccer gameโรงเรียนroong-riianโรงเรียนroong-riian1school (institution)2school (building)
My team won a cup from the school football competition.
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ปีที่แล้วbpii-tîi-lɛ́ɛoเขาkǎoได้dâaiถ้วยtûuaiแชมป์chɛ́mเพราะprɔ́ทีมtiimชนะchá-náตลอดdtà-lɔ̀ɔtฤดูกาลrʉ́-duu-gaan
Last year he received the championship cup because the team won all season.
เธอtəəหวังว่าwǎng-wâaจะjàคว้าkwáaถ้วยtûuaiในnaiทัวร์นาเมนต์tuua-naa-meenครั้งหน้าkráng-nâaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaมอบให้mɔ̂ɔp-hâiครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruua
She hopes to seize the cup in the next tournament to present it to her family.
สโมสรsà-moo-sɔ̌ɔnจัดพิธีjàt-pí-tiiมอบmɔ̂ɔpถ้วยtûuaiให้hâiผู้ชนะpûu-chá-náและlɛ́จารึกjaa-rʉ́kชื่อchʉ̂ʉทีมtiimลงบนlong-bonฐานtǎanถ้วยtûuaiอย่างเป็นทางการyàang-bpen-taang-gaan
The club held a ceremony to award the cup to the winner and officially engraved the team's name on the base of the cup.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Falling tone
tûuai
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
High class + Mai tho → 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 | — | — |