ท็อปส์
tɔ́pMeaning
1Proper nounB1
Tops (Thai retail/supermarket brand)
the Thai retail brand ‘Tops’, including its supermarket and convenience formats
Examples
เย็นนี้yen-níiเย็นนี้yen-níi1this evening2this evening's (as a modifier)แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ไปซื้อของbpai-sʉ́ʉ-kɔ̌ɔngไปซื้อของbpai-sʉ́ʉ-kɔ̌ɔng[to] go shoppingที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerท็อปส์tɔ́pท็อปส์tɔ́pTops (Thai retail/supermarket brand)
This evening, mom will go shopping at Tops.
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ถ้าtâaหิวhǐuก็gɔ̂เดินไปdəən-bpaiซื้อsʉ́ʉแซนด์วิชsɛɛn-wítที่tîiท็อปส์tɔ́pเดลี่dee-lîiตรงข้ามdtrong-kâamคอนโดkɔɔn-dooได้dâaiนะná
If you're hungry, you can walk over and buy a sandwich at the Tops Daily across from the condo.
ท็อปส์tɔ́pมักจะmák-jàมีmiiโปรโมชั่นbproo-moo-chânซื้อsʉ́ʉหนึ่งnʉ̀ngแถมtɛ̌ɛmหนึ่งnʉ̀ngสำหรับsǎm-ràpของใช้kɔ̌ɔng-cháiในบ้านnai-bâan
Tops often has 'buy one, get one free' promotions for household items.
กลยุทธ์gon-lá-yútของkɔ̌ɔngท็อปส์tɔ́pในnaiการนำเข้าgaan-nam-kâoสินค้าsǐn-káaพรีเมียมprii-miiamจากjàakต่างประเทศdtàang-bprà-têetทำให้tam-hâiสามารถsǎa-mâatดึงดูดdʉng-dùutลูกค้าlûuk-káaกลุ่มglùmที่tîiมีmiiกำลังซื้อgam-lang-sʉ́ʉสูงsǔungได้dâai
Tops' strategy of importing premium products from abroad allows it to attract customers in high-income brackets.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ป, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
tɔ́p
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
ส์ is silent here.
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 | — | — |