รำพัน
ram-panMeanings
1VerbB2
[to] express feelings at length; lament (literary)
To express feelings or describe something at length, often plaintively or emotionally, as in lamenting or declaring love.
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillนั่งรำพันnâng-ram-panนั่งรำพันnâng-ram-pan[to] sit lamenting; sit and bewailถึงชีวิตtʉ̌ng-chii-wítถึงชีวิตtʉ̌ng-chii-wítfatal; causing deathที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeหวังwǎngหวังwǎng1[to] hope2[to] expect; count onอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainหน้าnâaหน้าnâa1face2front; frontage3page4next; upcoming5in front; at the front6season; time of year7topping (food)ระเบียงrá-biiangระเบียงrá-biiang1balcony; veranda; porch2open corridor / galleryจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofดึกดื่นdʉ̀k-dʉ̀ʉnดึกดื่นdʉ̀k-dʉ̀ʉnvery late at night; in the small hours
He sat lamenting at length about his life not turning out as hoped on the balcony until late at night.
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ยายyaaiรำพันram-panเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangโชคชะตาchôok-chá-dtaaที่tîiเล่นตลกlên-dtà-lòkกับgàpครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaให้hâiเพื่อนบ้านpʉ̂ʉan-bâanฟังfangไม่หยุดmâi-yùt
Grandmother kept sorrowfully recounting how fate had toyed with the family to the neighbors without stopping.
ในnaiจดหมายjòt măaiยาวyaaoฉบับchà-bàpนั้นnánเธอterรำพันram-panถึงtĕungความทุกข์kwaam túkที่têeสั่งสมมาsàng sŏm maaนานnaanและláeความฝันkwaam fănที่têeค่อยkôiๆ-เลือนหายleuuan hăai
In that long letter, she mournfully dwelled on the sorrows long accumulated and the dreams gradually fading away.
เขาkǎoรำพันram-panเป็นชุดbpen-chútถึงtʉ̌ngความพ่ายแพ้kwaam-pâai-pɛ́ɛของkɔ̌ɔngตนเองdton-eengราวกับraao-gàpกำลังgam-langสารภาพบาปsǎa-rá-pâap-bàapต่อdtɔ̀ɔเงาngaoของkɔ̌ɔngอดีตà-dìit
He lamented at length about his own defeats, as if confessing sins to the shadow of his past.
2NounC1
lament; plaint (literary)
a long, sorrowful expression of grief or complaint in literary or poetic style
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)บทกวีbòt-gà-wiiบทกวีbòt-gà-wiia poem; a piece of verseนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)นางเอกnaang-èekนางเอกnaang-èek1leading actress2female lead (character); female protagonist3the 'main girl' (figurative, colloquial)รำพันram-panรำพันram-pan1[to] express feelings at length; lament (literary)2lament; plaint (literary)ถึงtʉ̌ngถึงtʉ̌ng1to; until; up to2[to] arrive; reach3to; toward (recipient/goal)4even if; even though5as much as; as many as; to the point of6only then; then as a result (informal)7about; concerning; regardingความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2matter; case; contentพลัดพรากplát-prâakพลัดพรากplát-prâak[to] be parted from [sb]/[sth] (involuntarily)อย่างยาวนานyàang-yaao-naanอย่างยาวนานyàang-yaao-naanfor a long time; over a long periodและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)เจ็บปวดjèp-bpùuatเจ็บปวดjèp-bpùuat1painful; hurting2[to] be in pain; suffer
In this poem, the heroine laments the separation at length and with deep pain.
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เขาkǎoเขียนkǐianจดหมายjòt-mǎaiรำพันram-panด้วยdûuaiถ้อยคำโศกเศร้าtɔ̂ɔi-kam-sòok-sâoที่tîiไหลรินlǎi-rinราวraaoสายน้ำsǎai-náamไม่รู้mâi-rúuจบสิ้นjòp-sîn
He wrote a letter of lament in sorrowful words that flowed like a stream, seemingly endless.
ในnaiนิราศní-râatผู้ประพันธ์pûu-bprà-panรำพันram-panต่อdtɔ̀ɔโชคชะตาchôok-chá-dtaaและlɛ́ความเหงาkwaam-ngǎoอย่างyàangยืดยาวyʉ̂ʉt-yaaoใช้cháiสำนวนsǎm-nuuanโวหารwoo-hǎanอันanละเมียดละไมlá-mîiat-lá-mai
In the travel elegy, the author laments fate and loneliness at length, using delicately crafted rhetoric.
เสียงsǐiangขับkàpลำlamยามค่ำคืนyaam-kâm-kʉʉnรำพันram-panถึงtʉ̌ngรักrákที่tîiสูญหายsǔun-hǎaiร้อยrɔ́ɔiรสrótความทุกข์kwaam-túkให้hâiยืดยาวyʉ̂ʉt-yaaoจนjonสะเทือนใจsà-tʉʉan-jaiผู้ฟังpûu-fang
The evening chant laments a lost love, weaving prolonged sorrow that moves the listeners deeply.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is รำพัน said รัม-พัน?
ram-pan
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 syllableThe vowel ำ hides a final -ม, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
ram
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
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พันpanพันpan1thousand (1,000)2thousand (modifier)3[to] wrap; wind; coil; bandage4[to be] involved; entangled; implicatedthousand (1,000)Part 2
รำพันram-panรำพันram-pan[to] express feelings at length; lament (literary)[to] express feelings at length; lament (literary)Word