พระหนุ
prá-hà-nùMeaning
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chin (royal)
The royal-vocabulary term for the chin.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)พระบรมฉายาลักษณ์prá-bɔɔ-rom-chǎa-yaa-lákพระบรมฉายาลักษณ์prá-bɔɔ-rom-chǎa-yaa-lákroyal photograph; photographic portrait of a monarchนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เห็นhěnเห็นhěn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asพระหนุprá-hà-nùพระหนุprá-hà-nùchin (royal)ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพระองค์prá-ongพระองค์prá-ong1royal person; His/Her Majesty2royal third-person pronoun3royal second-person pronoun4royal classifier5body (royal)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerชัดเจนchát-jeenชัดเจนchát-jeen1clear; distinct; obvious2explicit; definite; unambiguous; unequivocal3clearly; explicitly; unambiguously
In this photograph, His Majesty's chin is clearly visible.
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พระองค์prá ongทรงsongลูบlûupพระหนุprá hà-núเบาbaoๆ-ก่อนจะgòn jàมีmeeพระราชดำรัสprá-râat-chá-dam-ràtตอบdtòp
His Majesty gently stroked his chin before replying.
จิตรกรjìt-dtrà-gonใส่ใจsài jaiรายละเอียดraai-lá-ìiatบริเวณbo-rí-waynพระหนุprá hà-núเพื่อให้pêuua hâiพระบรมสาทิสลักษณ์prá-bò-rom-má-săa-tít-sà-lákเหมือนmĕuuanพระองค์prá ongมากที่สุดmâak têe sùt
The artist paid close attention to the details of the chin to make the painted portrait resemble His Majesty as closely as possible.
แพทย์pɛ̂ɛtถวายtà-wǎaiคำkamแนะนำให้nɛ́-nam-hâiพระองค์prá-ongหลีกเลี่ยงlìik-lîiangการสัมผัสgaan-sǎm-pàtบริเวณbɔɔ-rí-weenพระหนุprá-hà-nùจนกว่าjon-gwàaแผลplɛ̌ɛจะjàหายดีhǎai-dii
The doctor advised His Majesty to avoid touching his chin until the wound had fully healed.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is พระหนุ said พระ-หะ-นุ?
prá-hà-nù
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow classConsonant clusterIn the cluster พร, the first consonant พ sets the 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
prá
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 | — | — |