นึ่ง

nêung

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] steam [sth]

to cook or heat [food] using steam

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]น้ำเดือดnáam dèuuatน้ำเดือดnáam dèuuat1boiling water2classifier: pot/kettle of boiling waterในการnai gaanในการnai gaanin; during; for [doing sth]; regardingนึ่งnêungนึ่งnêung1steamed2[to] steam [sth]ผักpàkผักpàk1CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)2vegetable(s)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Mom uses boiling water to steam vegetables for me.
2NounA2

steamed

cooked by steaming

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoข้าวเหนียวkâao nĭiaoข้าวเหนียวkâao nĭiaosticky rice; glutinous riceนึ่งnêungนึ่งnêung1steamed2[to] steam [sth]หอมๆhŏm hŏmหอมๆhŏm hŏm1pleasantly fragrant (reduplicated)2[to] smell good (reduplicated)3[to] give a peck/kiss on the cheek (colloq.)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.