ฟักขาว
fák-kǎaoMeaning
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winter melon; wax gourd
The fruit of the climbing plant Benincasa hispida, with firm white flesh and a waxy coating on the skin when mature, eaten as a vegetable; also the plant itself.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseหั่นhànหั่นhàn1[to] slice; cut [sth] into pieces; chop2[to] slash; sharply reduce [sth]ฟักขาวfák kăaoฟักขาวfák kăaowinter melon; wax gourdเป็นชิ้นbpen chínเป็นชิ้นbpen chínin pieces; piecewiseๆ-แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ลงในlong naiลงในlong nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inหม้อmôrหม้อmôr1pot; cooking pot2jar; pot (earthen/ceramic)3electric rice cooker (colloquial)4transformer (colloq.)ต้มจืดdtôm jèutต้มจืดdtôm jèutclear soup; non-spicy soup
Mom cut the winter melon into pieces and added them to the pot of clear soup.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔปลูกbplùukฟักขาวfák-kǎaoไว้wáiริมrimรั้วrúuaและlɛ́ทำtamค้างkáangให้hâiเถาtǎoเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpai
Dad planted winter melon along the fence and built a trellis for its vines to climb.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaฟักขาวfák-kǎaoแก่gɛ̀ɛเต็มที่dtem-tîiผิวpǐuของkɔ̌ɔngผลpǒnจะjàมีนวลmii-nuuanสีขาวsǐi-kǎaoเคลือบklʉ̂ʉapอยู่yùuส่วนsùuanเนื้อด้านnʉ́ʉa-dâanในnaiมีmiiสีขาวsǐi-kǎaoและlɛ́แน่นnɛ̂n
When a winter melon is fully mature, its skin develops a whitish waxy coating, while the flesh inside is white and firm.
ถ้าtâaจะjàเก็บgèpฟักขาวfák kăaoไว้กินwái ginนานnaanๆ-ควรkuuanเลือกlêuuakผลpŏnที่têeแก่จัดgàe jàtและláeเปลือกbplèuakไม่มีmâi meeรอยช้ำroi chámแล้วláeoวางไว้waang wáiในnaiที่têeแห้งhâengและláeอากาศaa-gàatถ่ายเทtàai tay
To store winter melon for a long time, choose a fully mature fruit with unbruised skin and keep it in a dry, well-ventilated place.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ก, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
fák
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ขาวkǎaoขาวkǎao1white (color)2fair-skinned; light-complexioned3white (color)4[to] be white; be fair-skinnedwhite (color)Part 2
ฟักขาวfák-kǎaoฟักขาวfák-kǎaowinter melon; wax gourdwinter melon; wax gourdWord