บันได
ban-daiMeanings
1NounA1
stairs; staircase
a set of fixed steps used to move between levels in a building or structure
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoบันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2ladder3stairway (figurative path upward)ขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpaiขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreสองชั้นsɔ̌ɔng-chánสองชั้นsɔ̌ɔng-chán1double-decker; two-story2two-layer; double-layered
My house has a two-story staircase.
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Please hold the handrail when going up the stairs.
The stairs to the third floor are on the left near the elevator.
2NounA2
ladder
a portable set of rungs or steps between two side rails used for climbing
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderบันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2ladder3stairway (figurative path upward)พาดpâatพาดpâat1[to] lay across; drape2[to] stretch/lead acrossกำแพงgam-pɛɛngกำแพงgam-pɛɛng1wall (barrier)2barrier; obstacle (figurative)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ปีนbpiinปีนbpiin[to] climb; scaleขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpaiขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpai1[to] go up; ascend (away)2and up; or moreเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaifruit
I used a ladder leaning against the wall and climbed up to pick fruit.
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เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanช่างchângเอาaoบันไดอลูมิเนียมban-dai-à-luu-mí-niiamมาmaaกางgaangเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaซ่อมsɔ̂mหลอดไฟlɔ̀ɔt-faiเพดานpee-daan
Yesterday the technician unfolded an aluminum ladder to fix the ceiling light.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiเราraoจะjàเอาaoบันไดban-daiพาดpâatหลังคาlǎng-kaaโรงรถroong-rótเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaทำความสะอาดtam-kwaam-sà-àatรางraangน้ำnáam
Tomorrow we will place a ladder against the garage roof to clean the gutter.
เขาkǎoขึ้นkʉ̂nบันไดban-daiแบบพกพาbɛ̀ɛp-pók-paaที่tîiมีmiiราวraaoสองsɔ̌ɔngข้างkâangอย่างระมัดระวังyàang-rá-mát-rá-wangเพราะprɔ́พื้นpʉ́ʉnลื่นlʉ̂ʉnหลังlǎngฝนตกfǒn-dtòk
He carefully climbed the portable ladder with two side rails because the floor was slippery after the rain.
3NounB2
stairway (figurative path upward)
a figurative way or stage for moving up in rank, status, or success
Examples
งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)แรกrɛ̂ɛkแรกrɛ̂ɛk1first; earliest; initial2at first; initiallyอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)บันไดban-daiบันไดban-dai1stairs; staircase2ladder3stairway (figurative path upward)สู่sùuสู่sùu1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)โอกาสoo-gàatโอกาสoo-gàat1chance; opportunity2occasion3likelihood; probabilityที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerใหญ่กว่าyài-gwàaใหญ่กว่าyài-gwàabigger; largerถ้าtâaถ้าtâaif; in caseคุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritตั้งใจเรียนdtâng-jai-riianตั้งใจเรียนdtâng-jai-riian[to] study diligently; [to] pay attention in classรู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] realize; find out; learn3[to] know how; know the proper way to act4[to] feel; sense; perceive
Your first job can be a ladder to bigger opportunities if you are determined to learn.
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โครงการkroong-gaanอาสาสมัครaa-sǎa-sà-màkนี้níiเป็นbpenบันไดban-daiให้hâiเธอtəəเข้าสู่kâo-sùuวงการwong-gaanพัฒนาชุมชนpát-tá-naa-chum-chon
This volunteer project is a ladder for her to enter the field of community development.
การgaanสร้างเครือข่ายsâang-krʉʉa-kàaiที่ดีtîi-diiกลายเป็นglaai-bpenบันไดban-daiสำคัญsǎm-kanที่tîiช่วยให้chûuai-hâiเขาkǎoเลื่อนตำแหน่งlʉ̂ʉan-dtam-nɛ̀ngเร็วreo
Building a good network became a crucial ladder that helped him get promoted quickly.
ผลงานวิจัยpǒn-ngaan-wí-jaiชิ้นนี้chín-níiเป็นbpenบันไดban-daiอีกìikขั้นkânที่tîiพาpaaเราraoจากjàakแนวคิดnɛɛo-kítไปสู่bpai-sùuการประยุกต์ใช้gaan-bprà-yúk-cháiจริงjingในnaiอุตสาหกรรมùt-sǎa-hà-gam
This research piece is another rung on the ladder that takes us from ideas to real-world industrial application.
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
ban
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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บันไดban-daiบันไดban-daistairs; staircasestairs; staircaseWord