พองฟู(pong foo)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
puffy; fluffy
swollen so it is light, airy, and soft, like a cake, hair, or a pillow
Examples
ขนมเค้กkà-nŏm kékขนมเค้กkà-nŏm kékcake (dessert)ร้านนี้ráan néeร้านนี้ráan néethis shop; this storeเนื้อnéuuaเนื้อnéuua1meat; flesh2muscle/meat (by cut or quality)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4content; substantive matter5core/body of an object6human body (skin and flesh)7body; flesh (of a person/animal)8classifier: pieces of meat9flesh; pulp (of fruit)นุ่มnûmนุ่มnûm1soft (to the touch)2soft/gentle (voice/tone)3tender (food)และláeและláeand (coordinating)พองฟูpong fooพองฟูpong foo1puffy; fluffy2[to] puff up; [to] swell upมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
The cake from this shop is very soft and fluffy.
2VerbB1
[to] puff up; [to] swell up
to expand and become puffy or fluffy
Examples
ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toพองฟูpong fooพองฟูpong foo1puffy; fluffy2[to] puff up; [to] swell upเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)สุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3heated through; warmed (by heat)4[to] ripen; [to] get cookedได้ที่dâi têeได้ที่dâi têe1ready; at the ideal point2to the right degree; just right3properly drunk; noticeably intoxicated4in full swing; heated up
The rice will start to expand and become fluffy when it's fully cooked.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
พองตัวpong dtuuaพองตัวpong dtuua[to] swell; [to] expand; [to] inflate
[to] swell; [to] expand; [to] inflate
ฟูขึ้นfoo kêunฟูขึ้นfoo kêun1[to] rise; [to] swell up; [to] puff up2[to] become fluffy; [to] get frizzy (hair, fur)
- [to] rise; [to] swell up; [to] puff up
- [to] become fluffy; [to] get frizzy (hair, fur)
เนื้อฟูnéuua fooเนื้อฟูnéuua foo1fluffy/risen texture (food)2fluffed-up; puffed (stuffing/filling)
- fluffy/risen texture (food)
- fluffed-up; puffed (stuffing/filling)
ฟูนุ่มfoo nûmฟูนุ่มfoo nûmfluffy and soft
fluffy and soft
ฟูฟ่องfoo fôngฟูฟ่องfoo fông1fluffy; puffy; billowy2[to] puff up; balloon; swell (intransitive)
- fluffy; puffy; billowy
- [to] puff up; balloon; swell (intransitive)
Word Breakdown
พองpongพองpong1swollen; puffed up; inflated2[to] swell; puff up; inflate3blistered; blister-likePart 1
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พองฟูpong fooพองฟูpong foopuffy; fluffy