นคร
ná-kɔɔnMeaning
1NounA2
large city (formal/literary)
A large city; formal/literary register, often appearing in place names.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ไปเที่ยวbpai-tîiaoไปเที่ยวbpai-tîiao1[to] go out for fun; hang out2[to] travel for leisure; go on a trip; go sightseeing3[to] drop by for fun; pay a casual visitในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นครราชสีมาná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maaนครราชสีมาná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa1Nakhon Ratchasima (province; Korat)2Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima (city; Korat)ครั้งแรกkráng-rɛ̂ɛkครั้งแรกkráng-rɛ̂ɛk1the first time2for the first time3first (of an occurrence)
I visited the city of Nakhon Ratchasima for the first time.
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ปีหน้าbpii-nâaฉันchǎnตั้งใจย้ายdtâng-jai-yáaiไปทำงานbpai-tam-ngaanในnaiนครราชสีมาná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa
Next year I plan to move to work in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Yesterday he drove through Nakhon Pathom to go to the sea.
พิพิธภัณฑ์pí-pít-tá-panแห่งhɛ̀ngใหม่màiนี้níiตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùuใจกลางjai-glaangนครná-kɔɔnที่tîiมีระบบmii-rá-bòpขนส่งkǒn-sòngสะดวกsà-dùuak
This new museum is located in the heart of the metropolis with convenient transportation.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is นคร said นะ-คอน?
ná-kɔɔn
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 syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
ná
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |