รำ
ramMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] dance (traditional)
to perform traditional Thai dance with graceful hand and body movements
Examples
ปีที่แล้วbpii-tîi-lɛ́ɛoปีที่แล้วbpii-tîi-lɛ́ɛo1last year; the previous year2last year (time marker)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerรำไทยram-taiรำไทยram-taiThai classical danceในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)โรงเรียนroong-riianโรงเรียนroong-riian1school (institution)2school (building)ครั้งแรกkráng-rɛ̂ɛkครั้งแรกkráng-rɛ̂ɛk1the first time2for the first time3first (of an occurrence)
Last year I performed Thai dance at the school event for the first time.
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She practices Thai dance every day to perform flawlessly at the temple fair.
นักเรียนnák-riianกลุ่มglùmนี้níiรำramบทbòtแม่ศรีmɛ̂ɛ-sǐiอย่างyàangพร้อมเพรียงprɔ́ɔm-priiangแม้mɛ́ɛพื้นที่pʉ́ʉn-tîiจะjàแคบkɛ̂ɛp
This group of students performed the Mae Si dance in unison, even though the space was limited.
ครูสอนkruu sŏnให้เราhâi raoรำramโดยdoiเน้นnénปลายนิ้วbplaai níuและláeสายตาsăai dtaaเพื่อpêuuaสื่อsèuuอารมณ์aa-romตามdtaamทำนองtam-nongปี่พาทย์bpèe pâat
The teacher instructed us to dance with emphasis on the fingertips and gaze to convey emotion in line with the piphat melody.
2NounB2
rice bran
the outer layers of the rice grain removed during milling or polishing, used as animal feed or to produce rice bran oil
Examples
ชาวนาchaao-naaชาวนาchaao-naarice farmerเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)รำramรำram1[to] dance (traditional)2rice branจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2work; business; task3affair; matterสีข้าวsǐi-kâaoสีข้าวsǐi-kâao[to] mill riceแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; 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)ขายkǎaiขายkǎai1[to] sell [sth]2for sale; for purchase3[to] sell oneself; prostitute oneselfให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3[to] have [sb] do; cause to4for (benefit of)5so that; in order to6until; to the point that (result)โรงงานroong-ngaanโรงงานroong-ngaanfactory; plantอาหารสัตว์aa-hǎan-sàtอาหารสัตว์aa-hǎan-sàtanimal feed; animal food
Farmers collect bran from milling rice and sell it to animal feed factories.
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แม่mɛ̂ɛผสมpà-sǒmรำramบดbòtกับgàpปลายข้าวbplaai-kâaoเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaทำอาหารtam-aa-hǎanให้hâiไก่gàiในnaiเล้าláo
Mom mixes ground bran with broken rice to make food for the chickens in the coop.
โรงroongสกัดsà-gàtน้ำมันnám-manใช้cháiรำข้าวram-kâaoคุณภาพดีkun-ná-pâap-diiเป็นbpenวัตถุดิบwát-tù-dìpหลักlàkในnaiการผลิตgaan-pà-lìtน้ำมันรำข้าวnám-man-ram-kâao
The extraction plant uses high-quality rice bran as the main raw material to produce rice bran oil.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaสีข้าวsǐi-kâaoเสร็จsètเขาkǎoจะjàแยกyɛ̂ɛkรำramออกจากɔ̀ɔk-jàakปลายข้าวbplaai-kâaoอย่างเป็นระบบyàang-bpen-rá-bòpเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaส่งต่อsòng-dtɔ̀ɔให้hâiผู้ผลิตpûu-pà-lìtอาหารสัตว์aa-hǎan-sàtและlɛ́ผู้pûuสกัดsà-gàtน้ำมันnám-man
After milling the rice, they systematically separate the bran from the broken rice to supply animal feed producers and oil extractors.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is รำ said รัม?
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- Vowel spellingThe vowel ำ already ends in an m sound, so it is respelled ัม.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ำ hides a final -ม, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
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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 | — | — |