ผืน
pʉ̌ʉnMeanings
1ClassifierA2
classifier (flat expanses/items)
classifier for flat items or expanses such as cloths, mats, blankets, flags, sheets of leather, plots of land, and bodies/stretches of water.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offผ้าห่มpâa-hòmผ้าห่มpâa-hòmblanketหนึ่งnʉ̀ngหนึ่งnʉ̀ng1one (number)2a; one; a single3a certain; a particular4first; top; foremostผืนpʉ̌ʉnผืนpʉ̌ʉn1classifier (flat expanses/items)2sheet; stretch (flat expanse)
I bought one blanket.
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พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiเราraoจะjàปูเสื่อbpuu-sʉ̀ʉaสองsɔ̌ɔngผืนpʉ̌ʉnไปbpaiนั่งnângปิกนิกbpìk-níkที่tîiสวนsǔuan
Tomorrow we will lay out two mats to sit for a picnic at the park.
He likes collecting many flags from different countries.
เจ้าของที่jâo kŏng têeแบ่งbàengที่ดินtêe dinออกòkเป็นbpenสามsăamผืนpĕunเล็กlékๆ-เพื่อให้pêuua hâiชาวบ้านchaao bâanซื้อséuทำสวนtam sŭuan
The landowner divided the land into three small patches for villagers to buy for gardening.
2NounB1
sheet; stretch (flat expanse)
a flat piece or expanse of something, such as a sheet of cloth, a stretch of land, a patch of skin, or a stretch of water.
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillปูbpuuปูbpuu1crab2[to] pave; spread a layerผ้าห่มpâa-hòmผ้าห่มpâa-hòmblanketผืนใหญ่pʉ̌ʉn-yàiผืนใหญ่pʉ̌ʉn-yàilarge expanse/pieceบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)พื้นหญ้าpʉ́ʉn-yâaพื้นหญ้าpʉ́ʉn-yâagrassy ground; turfแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)นั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)ปิกนิกbpìk-níkปิกนิกbpìk-ník1picnic2[to] picnic
She spread a large blanket on the grass and sat for a picnic.
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In the middle of the sea, a calm stretch of water reflected the moonlight.
After the fall, he had a wide patch of scraped skin on his knee.
หมู่บ้านmùu-bâanตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùuท่ามกลางtâam-glaangผืนpʉ̌ʉnทุ่งtûngที่tîiทอดยาวtɔ̂ɔt-yaaoไปbpaiสุดสายตาsùt-sǎai-dtaa
The village sits amid an expanse of fields stretching as far as the eye can see.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
pʉ̌ʉn
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |