ริน
rinMeanings
1VerbA2
pour gently in a thin stream
to pour a liquid slowly or gently, usually in a thin, steady stream
Examples
แม่รินmâe rinแม่รินmâe rinMae Rin; place name in Thailandนมnomนมnom1milk2breast; boob (informal)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)แก้วgâewแก้วgâew1drinking glass2glass (material)3classifier: glasses of drink4crystal; precious gemช้าcháaช้าcháa1slow2slowly3late; delayed4[to] be slow; be lateๆ-
Mom slowly pours milk into the glass.
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He gently pours hot tea into the cup.
Please pour some water for our friend; he’s very thirsty.
พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanรินrinไวน์waiเป็นbpenสายsăaiยาวyaaoบางbaangๆ-เพื่อให้pêuua hâiกลิ่นglìnกระจายgrà-jaai
The staff poured the wine in a thin, steady stream to let the aroma spread.
2VerbB1
to trickle; to flow lightly
of liquid, to drip or trickle lightly in a small stream
Examples
หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: bed; bed-like platform6CL: building; house; structureฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeหยุดyùtหยุดyùt1[to] stop; halt2[to] take time off; be off work or schoolน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)6served with broth7empty words; fillerยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardรินrinรินrin1pour gently in a thin stream2to trickle; to flow lightlyลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alight7southward; down-country8[to] publish; post [sth] onlineจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmชายคาchaai kaaชายคาchaai kaa1eaves; overhanging roof edge2roof; shelter; home (figurative)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)สายsăaiสายsăai1late (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 streamsเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a little
After the rain stopped, water still trickled down from the eaves in thin streams.
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Dew trickles along the blades of grass and gently drips onto the ground.
เขาkăoมองเห็นmong hĕnน้ำnáamชาอุ่นๆchaa ùn ùnรินrinผ่านpàanปากแก้วbpàak gâeoช้าๆcháa cháaจนjonเกิดgèrtควันkwanบางๆbaang baang
He saw the warm tea trickling through the rim of the cup slowly, giving off a light steam.
น้ำnáamจากjàakซอกsôkหินhĭnรินrinเป็นbpenสายsăaiยาวyaaoลงสู่long sòoแอ่งàengเล็กๆlék lékจนjonเกิดgèrtเสียงsĭiangใสๆsăi săiต่อเนื่องdtò-nêeuang
Water from the crevices of the rocks trickles in a long stream into a small basin, creating a clear, continuous sound.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
rin
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 | — | — |