รำไร
ram-raiMeanings
1AdjectiveB2
dim; faint (light)
Faint or low in brightness; barely visible, as of weak light or a glimmer seen indistinctly.
Examples
แสงsăengแสงsăeng1light2ray; beamจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmหน้าต่างnâa dtàangหน้าต่างnâa dtàang1window2window (computing)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardส่องsòngส่องsòng1[to] shine (a light); illuminate2[to] examine closely; inspect3[to] snoop; check out (informal)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’รำไรram raiรำไรram rai1dim; faint (light)2faintly visible; indistinctทำให้เห็นtam hâi hĕnทำให้เห็นtam hâi hĕn[to] show; [to] demonstrate; [to] make visibleโต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerลางlaangลางlaang1omen; sign; portent2vague; faint; indistinct3some; certain (literary)ๆ-
The light from the window still faintly shines in, making the table just barely visible.
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ในnaiตรอกdtrɔ̀ɔkมืดmʉ̂ʉtนั้นnánมีไฟmii-faiติดอยู่dtìt-yùuรำไรram-raiเห็นhěnทางเดินtaang-dəənเพียงpiiangริบหรี่ríp-rìi
In that dark alley a light was faintly on, showing the walkway only dimly.
ดวงดาวduuang-daaoปรากฏbpraa-gòtรำไรram-raiเหนือnʉ̌ʉaขอบฟ้าkɔ̀ɔp-fáaเมืองmʉʉangยังyangสว่างsà-wàangจนjonบดบังแสงbòt-bang-sɛ̌ɛngของมันkɔ̌ɔng-man
The stars appeared faintly above the horizon; the city remained bright enough to drown them out.
เขาkăoมองเห็นmong hĕnเงาngaoเรือreuuaอยู่yòoรำไรram raiท่ามกลางtâam glaangหมอกmòkหนาnăaจับjàpทิศทางtít taangได้dâiเพียงpiiangคร่าวkrâaoๆ-
He saw the silhouette of a boat faintly amid thick fog, able to gauge the direction only roughly.
2AdjectiveB2
faintly visible; indistinct
Visible only faintly or indistinctly, especially at a distance.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงเพลงsĭiang playngเสียงเพลงsĭiang playngmusic; musical soundรำไรram raiรำไรram rai1dim; faint (light)2faintly visible; indistinctจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedข้างkâangข้างkâang1side; flank2beside; next to; by3classifier: sides; paired parts4side; party (in a dispute or game)5side; lateral (modifier)ๆ-แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)ฟังไม่ชัดfang mâi chátฟังไม่ชัดfang mâi chát[to] not hear clearlyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)เพลงplayngเพลงplayng1song; musical piece2classifier: songs/piecesอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2what; what kind of (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)
I heard music faintly from the neighboring house, but couldn't make out what song it was.
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รูปเงาrûup-ngaoรำไรram-raiหลังlǎngม่านmâanทำให้tam-hâiเดาdaoได้dâaiเพียงpiiangว่าwâaมีmiiคนkonยืนอยู่yʉʉn-yùu
A vague silhouette behind the curtain only allowed me to guess that someone was standing there.
ท่ามกลางtâam-glaangเสียงsǐiangฝนfǒnเสียงsǐiangเรียกชื่อrîiak-chʉ̂ʉฉันchǎnดังdangรำไรram-raiราวกับraao-gàpมาจากmaa-jàakที่tîiไกลglaiมากmâak
Amid the rain, my name was called faintly, as if from very far away.
ในnaiภาพถ่ายpâap-tàaiเก่าgàoใบหน้าbai-nâaของkɔ̌ɔngชายหนุ่มchaai-nùmปรากฏbpraa-gòtรำไรram-raiจนjonไม่อาจmâi-àatยืนยันyʉʉn-yanได้dâaiว่าwâaเป็นใครbpen-krai
In the old photograph, the young man's face appears only indistinctly, making it impossible to confirm who he is.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is รำไร said รัม-ไร?
ram-rai
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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ไรraiไรrai1mite (tiny arachnid)2(colloq.) what?; wh- (shortened form of อะไร)3(colloq.) what; which4rice seedling; rice sprout (Northern/poetic)mite (tiny arachnid)Part 2
รำไรram-raiรำไรram-raidim; faint (light)dim; faint (light)Word