ทอดๆ
tôt tôtMeaning
1AdverbC1
in stages; in successive stretches
in successive stages, stretches, or links in a chain, commonly used with เป็นเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition).
Examples
พวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideยืนyeunยืนyeun1[to] stand2standing; upright (posture/position)3fixed; steady; unchanged (figurative)4to be fixed; remain unchanged (figurative)เรียงกันriiang ganเรียงกันriiang gan1in a row; one after another2[to] line up; be arranged togetherแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see off7wholesaleถุงtŭngถุงtŭng1bag; sack; pouch2classifier: bags; sacks; packets3condomทรายsaaiทรายsaaisandต่อกันdtò ganต่อกันdtò gan1consecutively; one after another2[to] join together; connect to each other3joined; connected in a rowเป็นทอดๆbpen tôt tôtเป็นทอดๆbpen tôt tôtin succession; from one to anotherไปจนถึงbpai jon tĕungไปจนถึงbpai jon tĕung1up to; as far as (place/limit)2until; through (time/date)3to the extent of; even reachingหน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2front office; customer-facing side
We stood in a line and passed sandbags from person to person all the way to the front of the house.
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ข่าวkàaoนี้néeถูกtòokเล่าต่อกันมาlâo dtòr gan maaเป็นทอดๆbpen tôt tôtจนjonไม่มีmâi meeใครkraiรู้rúuว่าwâaใครkraiเป็นbpenคนkonเริ่มrêrmเล่าlâo
This story has been passed from person to person until no one knows who first told it.
เมื่อmêuuaคำสั่งkam sàngถูกtòokถ่ายทอดtàai tôtลงมาlong maaเป็นทอดๆbpen tôt tôtผ่านpàanหัวหน้าhŭua nâaหลายlăaiระดับrá-dàpรายละเอียดraai-lá-ìiatบางอย่างbaang yàangก็gâwอาจàatคลาดเคลื่อนklâat klêuuanไปbpaiจากjàakเจตนาjèt-dtà-naaเดิมderm
When instructions are relayed down through several levels of management, some details may stray from the original intent.
การส่งต่อgaan sòng dtòrงานngaanให้hâiผู้รับเหมาpôo ráp măoช่วงchûuangเป็นทอดๆbpen tôt tôtทำให้tam hâiตรวจสอบได้dtrùuat sòp dâiยากyâakว่าwâaใครkraiควรkuuanรับผิดชอบráp pìt chôpเมื่อmêuuaเกิดgèrtข้อบกพร่องkôr bòk prông
Passing work down through successive layers of subcontractors makes it difficult to determine who should be held responsible when defects arise.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ทอดๆ said ทอด-ทอด?
tôt tôt
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableLong vowelEnds in -ด, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
tôt
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Long vowel → 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 | — | — |