นึ่ง
nʉ̂ngMeanings
1VerbA2
[to] steam [sth]
to cook or heat [food] using steam
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderน้ำเดือดnáam-dʉ̀ʉatน้ำเดือดnáam-dʉ̀ʉatboiling waterในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2work; business; task3affair; matterนึ่งnʉ̂ngนึ่งnʉ̂ng1[to] steam [sth]2steamedผักpàkผักpàkvegetable(s)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3[to] have [sb] do; cause to4for (benefit of)5so that; in order to6until; to the point that (result)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to] corrode; erode; eat into5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Mom uses boiling water to steam vegetables for me.
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Yesterday he steamed a whole fish in a steamer until it was cooked and fragrant.
Tomorrow I will steam sticky rice to go with som tam.
เวลาway-laaไปbpaiแคมป์káempเราraoมักmákนึ่งnêungมันฝรั่งman fà-ràngบนbonหม้อmôrนึ่งnêungเพื่อให้pêuua hâiสุกsùkเท่าๆtâo-tâoกันgan
When we go camping, we often steam potatoes in a steamer so they cook evenly.
2AdjectiveA2
steamed
cooked by steaming
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoข้าวเหนียวkâao nĭiaoข้าวเหนียวkâao nĭiaosticky rice; glutinous riceนึ่งnêungนึ่งnêung1[to] steam [sth]2steamedหอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3onion; shallot; spring onionๆ-กินกับgin gàpกินกับgin gàp[to] eat with [sth]ไก่ย่างgài yâangไก่ย่างgài yâanggrilled/barbecued chicken (Thai dish)
Today we have fragrant steamed sticky rice to eat with grilled chicken.
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Yesterday Mom made steamed fish with lime for us to eat; it was very tasty.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiฉันchǎnจะjàซื้อsʉ́ʉติ่มซำdtìm-samแบบbɛ̀ɛpนึ่งnʉ̂ngไปbpaiเลี้ยงlíiangเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanที่tîiออฟฟิศɔ́ɔp-fít
Tomorrow I’ll buy steamed dim sum to treat my friends at the office.
ร้านนี้ráan-níiมีmiiชุดchútผักpàkนึ่งnʉ̂ngหลายlǎaiแบบbɛ̀ɛpเหมาะกับmɔ̀-gàpคนkonที่tîiอยากyàakกินเฮลตี้gin-heen-dtîi
This place has various sets of steamed vegetables, perfect for people who want to eat healthy.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
nʉ̂ng
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → 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 | — | — |