มื้อ
mʉ́ʉMeanings
1NounA1
meal
An occasion of eating food, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Examples
มื้อเช้าmʉ́ʉ-cháaoมื้อเช้าmʉ́ʉ-cháaobreakfastนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)กินข้าวgin-kâaoกินข้าวgin-kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)ต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (colloq.)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ไข่ต้มkài-dtômไข่ต้มkài-dtômboiled egg (hard- or soft-boiled)
This breakfast I ate rice porridge with a boiled egg.
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For dinner we ate green curry at home.
เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanมื้อกลางวันmʉ́ʉ-glaang-wanฉันchǎnไปbpaiกินginก๋วยเตี๋ยวgǔuai-dtǐiaoกับgàpเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉan
Yesterday for lunch I went to eat noodles with a friend.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiมื้อเช้าmʉ́ʉ-cháaoฉันchǎnตั้งใจdtâng-jaiจะjàกินโยเกิร์ตgin-yoo-gə̀ətกับgàpผลไม้pǒn-lá-máai
Tomorrow for breakfast I plan to eat yogurt with fruit.
2ClassifierA2
classifier: meals
A classifier used to count meals.
Examples
วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)กินข้าวgin-kâaoกินข้าวgin-kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)สามsǎamสามsǎamthree (3)มื้อmʉ́ʉมื้อmʉ́ʉ1meal2classifier: meals
Today I eat three meals.
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Tomorrow we plan to have one meal at my place.
Yesterday mom prepared two meals for us.
ช่วงchûuangไดdaiเอ็ตètฉันchănจำกัดjam-gàtตัวเองdtuua engให้hâiกินginแค่kâeมื้อเช้าméu cháoกับgàpมื้อกลางวันméuua glaang wanสองsŏngมื้อméuuต่อวันdtòr wan
During my diet, I limited myself to only two meals a day: breakfast and lunch.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
mʉ́ʉ
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → 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 | — | — |