ฟ่าง
fâangMeaning
1NounB2
millet; sorghum
millet; sorghum (a type of cereal grass, most commonly used in the compound 'ข้าวฟ่างข้าวฟ่างkâao-fâang1sorghum; millet2sorghum plant')
Examples
คุณแม่kun mâeคุณแม่kun mâe1mother (polite)2Mom (form of address)3polite address for a mother/pregnant womanชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeขนมหวานkà-nŏm wăanขนมหวานkà-nŏm wăandessert; sweetsที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerทำจากtam jàakทำจากtam jàak1[to] be made of/from [sth]2[to] make [sth] from [sth]ข้าวฟ่างkâao fâangข้าวฟ่างkâao fâang1sorghum; millet2sorghum plantต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (colloq.)น้ำตาลnáam dtaanน้ำตาลnáam dtaan1sugar2brown (color)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)
My mother liked to make a sweet dessert made from boiled millet with sugar for me to eat when I was a child.
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นกแก้วnók gâewที่บ้านtêe bâanของฉันkŏng chănชอบchôpกินginเมล็ดข้าวmá-lét kâaoฟ่างfâangมากกว่าmâak gwàaอาหารaa-hăanนกnókชนิดchá-nítอื่นๆèun èun
The parrot at my house likes eating millet seeds more than any other type of bird food.
เกษตรกรgà-sèet-dtà-gɔɔnในพื้นที่nai-pʉ́ʉn-tîiแห้งแล้งhɛ̂ɛng-lɛ́ɛngหันมาhǎn-maaปลูกbplùukข้าวฟ่างkâao-fâangเพราะprɔ́มันmanเป็นbpenพืชpʉ̂ʉtที่tîiทนทานton-taanต่อdtɔ̀ɔสภาพอากาศsà-pâap-aa-gàatร้อนrɔ́ɔnได้dâaiดีมากdii-mâak
Farmers in arid areas have turned to growing sorghum because it is a crop that withstands hot weather conditions very well.
ข้าวฟ่างkâao-fâangอุดมไปด้วยù-dom-bpai-dûuaiวิตามินwí-dtaa-minและlɛ́แร่ธาตุrɛ̂ɛ-tâatที่tîiจำเป็นjam-bpenต่อdtɔ̀ɔร่างกายrâang-gaaiจึงjʉngเป็นbpenธัญพืชtan-yá-pʉ̂ʉtที่tîiเหมาะmɔ̀สำหรับsǎm-ràpผู้ที่pûu-tîiรักสุขภาพrák-sùk-kà-pâap
Millet is rich in vitamins and minerals essential for the body, making it a suitable grain for health-conscious people.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
fâang
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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 | — | — |