รับสาย
ráp-sǎaiMeaning
1VerbA2
[to] answer a call; pick up (the phone)
to accept and connect to an incoming telephone call; to pick up the phone
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesรับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] host; welcome7[to] defend; resist an attack8[to] withstand; bear9bottom; receptive sexual partner (slang)สายโทรศัพท์sǎai-too-rá-sàpสายโทรศัพท์sǎai-too-rá-sàpTelephone line; phone cordอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remain
Mom is answering the phone right now.
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Why didn't you pick up my calls at all yesterday?
Sorry, I was driving so it wasn't convenient to answer the phone.
ถ้าtâaลูกค้าlûuk-káaโทรมาtoo-maaช่วยchûuaiรับสายráp-sǎaiแล้วlɛ́ɛoบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaฉันchǎnจะjàโทรกลับtoo-glàpได้ไหมdâai-mǎi
If the client calls, can you please pick up the phone and tell them I'll call back?
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 -บ, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
ráp
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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สายsǎaiสายsǎai1late (in the day); running late2morning (late morning period)3line; wire; cable4route; line (transport/communication)5classifier for long, flexible things (wires, ropes, necklaces)6informant; spy; secret agent7phone call8string; strap; band9lineage; affiliation; branch10classifier for rivers and streamslate (in the day); running latePart 2
รับสายráp-sǎaiรับสายráp-sǎai[to] answer a call; pick up (the phone)[to] answer a call; pick up (the phone)Word