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rang-raiMeanings
1NounB2
nest-shaped Thai dessert
A Thai dessert made from rice-flour dough pressed into fine strands resembling small bird's nests and steamed, typically served with coconut milk, grated coconut, sugar, and sesame seeds. Also called เรไรเรไรree-rai1a kind of cicada2a traditional Thai dessert (khanom rerai).
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeรังไรrang-raiรังไรrang-rai1nest-shaped Thai dessert2[to] hesitate; delayเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ก้อนgônก้อนgôn1lump; chunk; clump2classifier: lumps/chunks3nodule; lump (medical)4lump sum (of money), as in เงินก้อนเล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2young; younger; youngest3minor; slightๆ-คล้ายkláaiคล้ายkláai1similar; alike (predicative)2[to] resemble; be similar toรังrangรังrang1nest; hive; den (animal)2hive/nest (classifier)3hideout; lair (pejorative/colloquial)นกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ราดrâatราดrâat1[to] pour over; [to] drizzle2[to] douse; [to] splash over3served with [sth] poured overกะทิgà-tíกะทิgà-tícoconut milk/creamก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1[to] give us; [to] give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usชิมchimชิมchim[to] taste; sample (food or drink)
Grandma made rang rai in small portions shaped like bird’s nests, then poured coconut milk over them for us to try.
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การทำgaan tamรังไรrang-raiต้องdtôngกดgòtแป้งbpâaengข้าวเจ้าkâao jâaoให้hâiเป็นbpenเส้นเล็กsên lékๆ-ก่อนgònนำไปnam bpaiนึ่งnêungเพื่อให้pêuua hâiได้dâiขนมkà-nŏmที่têeมีmeeรูปร่างrôop râangคล้ายkláaiรังrangนกnók
To make rang rai, rice-flour dough must be pressed into fine strands before steaming to produce a dessert shaped like a bird’s nest.
แม้mɛ́ɛรังไรrang-raiจะjàไม่ใช่mâi-châiขนมkà-nǒmที่tîiพบpópได้dâaiตามdtaamร้านráanทั่วไปtûua-bpaiแต่dtɛ̀ɛร้านขนมráan-kà-nǒmไทยtaiแห่งนี้hɛ̀ng-níiยังyangทำtamสดsòtทุกวันtúk-wanและlɛ́เสิร์ฟsə̀əpพร้อมprɔ́ɔmกะทิgà-tíน้ำตาลnám-dtaanและlɛ́งาngaaคั่วkûua
Although rang rai is not a dessert found in ordinary shops, this Thai dessert shop still makes it fresh every day and serves it with coconut milk, sugar, and toasted sesame seeds.
2VerbB2
[to] hesitate; delay
To be slow to decide or act, often because you are unsure what to do.
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàadon’t; do not (negative imperative)มัวmuuaมัวmuua1dim; dull; not clear (appearance)2blurred; hazy; misty3[to be] preoccupied (with); waste timeรังไรrang-raiรังไรrang-rai1nest-shaped Thai dessert2[to] hesitate; delayเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedถ้าtâaถ้าtâaif; in caseอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forสมัครงานsà-màk-ngaanสมัครงานsà-màk-ngaan[to] apply for a jobนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerส่งsòngส่งsòng1[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 off7wholesaleใบสมัครbai-sà-màkใบสมัครbai-sà-màkapplication formวันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at present
Don’t keep hesitating. If you want to apply for this job, send in your application today.
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เขาkǎoยังyangรังไรrang-raiว่าwâaจะjàรับงานráp-ngaanนี้níiดีdiiไหมmǎiเพราะprɔ́ต้องdtɔ̂ngย้ายไปอยู่yáai-bpai-yùuต่างจังหวัดdtàang-jang-wàt
He is still hesitating about whether to accept this job because he would have to move to another province.
เพราะprɔ́กลัวว่าgluua-wâaจะjàตัดสินใจdtàt-sǐn-jaiผิดpìtเธอtəəจึงjʉngรังไรrang-raiอยู่yùuนานnaanจนjonพลาดplâatโอกาสoo-gàatสมัครเรียนsà-màk-riianในnaiหลักสูตรlàk-sùutที่tîiอยากyàakเรียนriian
Afraid of making the wrong decision, she hesitated so long that she missed the chance to apply for the course she wanted to take.
แม้mɛ́ɛเขาkǎoจะjàอยากyàakเปิดbpə̀ətร้านráanเป็นbpenของตัวเองkɔ̌ɔng-dtuua-eengแต่dtɛ̀ɛก็gɔ̂ยังyangรังไรrang-raiเพราะprɔ́ไม่มั่นใจmâi-mân-jaiว่าwâaจะมีjà-miiรายได้raai-dâaiพอpɔɔเลี้ยงครอบครัวlíiang-krɔ̂ɔp-kruua
Although he wants to open his own shop, he is still hesitant because he is unsure whether he would earn enough to support his family.
Tones
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
rang
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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
รังrangรังrang1nest; hive; den (animal)2hive/nest (classifier)3hideout; lair (pejorative/colloquial)nest; hive; den (animal)Part 1
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ไรraiไรrai1mite (tiny arachnid)2(colloq.) what?; wh- (shortened form of อะไร)3(colloq.) what; which4rice seedling; rice sprout (Northern/poetic)5hairline; edge of the hair (as in ไรผม)mite (tiny arachnid)Part 2
รังไรrang-raiรังไรrang-rainest-shaped Thai dessertnest-shaped Thai dessertWord