มธุรส
má-tú-rótMeanings
1NounC1
sweet liquid; honey (literary)
A sweet liquid, such as honey or sugarcane juice.
Examples
เธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herตักdtàkตักdtàk1lap (of a person)2[to] scoop; ladle; spoon upมธุรสmá-tú-rótมธุรสmá-tú-rót1sweet liquid; honey (literary)2sweetness; sweet taste (literary)3sugarcane (literary)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmรวงruuangรวงruuang1ear/head of grain2hanging cluster (flowers/fruits); racemeผึ้งpʉ̂ngผึ้งpʉ̂ngbeeใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ถ้วยtûuaiถ้วยtûuai1cup; small bowl2classifier: cups; small bowls; trophy cups3trophy (cup)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)นำไปnam-bpaiนำไปnam-bpai[to] take; carry; bring [sb/sth] (away/to somewhere)วางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)5[to] set; assign; impose6[to] let go of; relinquish (attachment/prejudice)บนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)โต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2desk
She spooned honey from the honeycomb into a bowl and placed it on the table.
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เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaหีบhìipอ้อยɔ̂ɔiเสร็จแล้วsèt-lɛ́ɛoชาวบ้านchaao-bâanก็gɔ̂นำnamมธุรสmá-tú-rótที่tîiได้dâaiไปbpaiเคี่ยวkîiaoจนjonข้นkônก่อนgɔ̀ɔnเทลงtee-longในnaiพิมพ์pim
After pressing the sugarcane, the villagers simmered the sweet juice until thick, then poured it into molds.
มธุรสmá-tú-rótสีอำพันsĕe am-panค่อยkôiๆ-ไหลlăiจากjàakรวงruuangผึ้งpûngลงสู่long sòoภาชนะpaa-chá-náดินเผาdin păoส่งsòngกลิ่นหอมglìn hŏmบางเบาbaang baoคล้ายkláaiดอกไม้ป่าdòk máai bpàa
Amber-colored honey slowly flowed from the honeycomb into an earthenware vessel, giving off a faint fragrance reminiscent of wildflowers.
หญิงชราyǐng-chá-raaประคองbprà-kɔɔngถ้วยtûuaiมธุรสmá-tú-rótซึ่งsʉ̂ngเพิ่งpə̂ngหีบhìipจากjàakอ้อยɔ̂ɔiส่งให้sòng-hâiหลานlǎanจิบjìpดับกระหายdàp-grà-hǎaiหลังlǎngกลับglàpจากjàakท้องนาtɔ́ɔng-naa
The elderly woman carefully held out a bowl of freshly pressed sugarcane juice for her grandchild to sip and quench their thirst after returning from the fields.
2NounC1
sweetness; sweet taste (literary)
A sweet taste or flavor.
Examples
ผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaifruitสุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3[to] ripen; [to] get cookedมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoมธุรสmá-tú-rótมธุรสmá-tú-rót1sweet liquid; honey (literary)2sweetness; sweet taste (literary)3sugarcane (literary)ปนbponปนbpon1[to] mix; blend; mingle2[to] be mixed with; contain traces ofรสเปรี้ยวrót-bprîiaoรสเปรี้ยวrót-bprîiaosour taste; sournessจึงjʉngจึงjʉng1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)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)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)รู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀kรู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀k1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)สดชื่นsòt-chʉ̂ʉnสดชื่นsòt-chʉ̂ʉn1feeling fresh; refreshed2refreshing; invigorating
The ripe fruit has a sweetness mixed with tartness, making it refreshing to eat.
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แม้mɛ́ɛขนมkà-nǒmจะมีjà-miiมธุรสmá-tú-rótเด่นชัดdèen-chátแต่dtɛ̀ɛรสเปรี้ยวrót-bprîiaoจากjàakผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiก็gɔ̂ช่วยให้chûuai-hâiไม่mâiหวานเลี่ยนwǎan-lîianจนเกินไปjon-gəən-bpai
Although the dessert has a pronounced sweetness, the tartness of the fruit keeps it from being too cloying.
มธุรสmá-tú-rótของkɔ̌ɔngผลpǒnลำไยlam-yaiยังyangติดอยู่dtìt-yùuที่tîiปลายลิ้นbplaai-línแม้mɛ́ɛจะjàกลืนglʉʉnเนื้อผลnʉ́ʉa-pǒnไปbpaiนานแล้วnaan-lɛ́ɛo
The sweetness of the longan still lingered on the tongue, long after its flesh had been swallowed.
มธุรสmá-tú-rótที่têeค่อยkôiๆ-ปรากฏbpraa-gòtเมื่อmêuuaความkwaamฝาดfàatจางลงjaang longทำให้tam hâiชาchaaถ้วยtûuaiนี้néeมีmeeรสrótละมุนlá-munชวนchuanจดจำjòt jam
The sweetness that gradually emerges as the astringency fades gives this tea a mellow, memorable flavor.
3NounC2
sugarcane (literary)
The plant whose stems contain sweet juice used to make sugar.
Examples
ชาวไร่chaao-râiชาวไร่chaao-râifield farmer; dry-field farmerปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)มธุรสmá-tú-rótมธุรสmá-tú-rót1sweet liquid; honey (literary)2sweetness; sweet taste (literary)3sugarcane (literary)เป็นแถวbpen-tɛ̌ɛoเป็นแถวbpen-tɛ̌ɛo1in a row; in a line2one after another; in successionและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉa1when; at the time that2at; in; on (with time expressions)โตเต็มที่dtoo-dtem-tîiโตเต็มที่dtoo-dtem-tîi[to] be fully grown; matureก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerตัดลำdtàt-lamตัดลำdtàt-lam[to] cut across the bow; cut in frontต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant2beginning; early3origin; source; root cause4stem; trunk; stalk; base5classifier: trees; plants; poles6initial; primary (as prefix)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see off7wholesaleโรงงานroong-ngaanโรงงานroong-ngaanfactory; plantน้ำตาลnám-dtaanน้ำตาลnám-dtaan1sugar2brown (color)
The farmers plant sugarcane in rows and cut the stalks for delivery to the sugar factory once they are fully grown.
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ครั้นkránถึงtʉ̌ngฤดูเก็บเกี่ยวrʉ́-duu-gèp-gìiaoเหล่าlàoคนงานkon-ngaanก็gɔ̂ตัดลำdtàt-lamมธุรสmá-tú-rótก่อนgɔ̀ɔnลำเลียงlam-liiangไปbpaiหีบhìipเอาaoน้ำหวานnáam-wǎanสำหรับsǎm-ràpเคี่ยวkîiaoเป็นbpenน้ำตาลnám-dtaan
When harvest season arrived, the workers cut the sugarcane stalks and transported them to be pressed for juice that would be boiled down into sugar.
แม้mɛ́ɛราคาraa-kaaน้ำตาลnám-dtaanจะjàสูงขึ้นsǔung-kʉ̂nเจ้าของjâao-kɔ̌ɔngไร่râiก็gɔ̂ยังyangกันganลำlamมธุรสmá-tú-rótส่วนหนึ่งsùuan-nʉ̀ngไว้wáiทำพันธุ์tam-panมิmíยอมyɔɔmตัดdtàtส่งsòngโรงroongหีบhìipเสียsǐiaทั้งหมดtáng-mòt
Despite the rise in sugar prices, the plantation owner reserved some sugarcane stalks for propagation rather than cutting them all for the mill.
ในnaiไร่râiมธุรสmá-tú-rótที่tîiใบbaiอ้อยɔ̂ɔiเสียดสีsìiat-sǐiกันganดังdangซู่ซ่าsûu-sâaความหวานkwaam-wǎanซึ่งsʉ̂ngหล่อเลี้ยงlɔ̀ɔ-líiangผู้คนpûu-konหาได้hǎa-dâaiเกิดจากgə̀ət-jàakความอุดมสมบูรณ์kwaam-ù-dom-sǒm-buunของkɔ̌ɔngผืนดินpʉ̌ʉn-dinเพียงอย่างเดียวpiiang-yàang-diiaoไม่mâiหากแต่hàak-dtɛ̀ɛยังyangแลกมาด้วยlɛ̂ɛk-maa-dûuaiหยาดเหงื่อyàat-ngʉ̀ʉaของkɔ̌ɔngชาวไร่chaao-râi
In the sugarcane fields, where the leaves rustle against one another, the sweetness that sustains people is not born of the land’s fertility alone; it is also earned through the farmers’ sweat and toil.
Tones
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Why is มธุรส said มะ-ทุ-รส?
má-tú-rót
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow 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
má
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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มธุรสmá-tú-rótมธุรสmá-tú-rótsweet liquid; honey (literary)sweet liquid; honey (literary)Word