ราว ๆ
raao raaoMeaning
1AdverbA2
approximately; about
approximately; about; around (used before a number or quantity).
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowราวraaoราวraao1rail; bar; pole2about; approximately; around3approximately; roughly4like; as5classifier: railsๆ-ห้าhâaห้าhâafive (number)คนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirring
I have about five friends.
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He will arrive here around 2 PM.
ค่าkâaรถทัวร์rót tuuaไปbpaiเชียงใหม่chiiang màiราคาraa-kaaเท่าไหร่tâo ràiครับkrápราวraaoๆ-600บาทbàatครับkráp
How much is the bus ticket to Chiang Mai? — It's approximately 600 baht.
โปรเจกต์bproh-jèkนี้néeคาดว่าkâat wâaจะjàใช้เวลาchái way-laaราวraaoๆ-สามเดือนsăam deuuanถึงจะtĕung jàเสร็จสมบูรณ์sèt sŏm-boon
This project is expected to take approximately three months to be fully completed.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ราว ๆ said ราว-ราว?
raao raao
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ว, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
raao
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 | — | — |