ร่ำไป
râm-bpaiMeaning
1AdverbB2
repeatedly; constantly
repeatedly or constantly, often used to describe an action that is done to excess or without end
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàeonly; nothing butพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)เดิมๆderm dermเดิมๆderm derm1unchanged; same as before2as before; as usualซ้ำๆsám-sámซ้ำๆsám-sám1repeatedly; again and again2repetitive; recurringร่ำไปrâm bpaiร่ำไปrâm bpairepeatedly; constantlyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เบื่อbèuuaเบื่อbèuua1bored; fed up2[to] be bored with; be tired of3sick; nauseated (from food poisoning)4[to] poison [sb/sth]จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
He just keeps talking about the same old things repeatedly, to the point that I'm tired of listening.
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อย่าyàaมัวแต่muua-dtɛ̀ɛร้องไห้rɔ́ɔng-hâaiร่ำrâmไปเลยbpai-ləəiลุกขึ้นมาlúk-kʉ̂n-maaแล้วlɛ́ɛoบอกbɔ̀ɔkสิsìว่าwâaเกิดgə̀ətอะไรà-raiขึ้นkʉ̂n
Don't just keep crying on and on. Get up and tell me what happened.
การนั่งgaan-nângกังวลgang-wonร่ำไปrâm-bpaiไม่ได้mâi-dâaiช่วยให้chûuai-hâiอะไรดีà-rai-diiขึ้นkʉ̂nเราraoควรkuuanลงมือทำlong-mʉʉ-tamเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaแก้ไขgɛ̂ɛ-kǎiปัญหาbpan-hǎa
Constantly worrying doesn't make anything better; we should take action to solve the problem.
ต่อให้dtɔ̀ɔ-hâiเตือนdtʉʉanกี่gìiครั้งkrángเขาkǎoก็gɔ̂ยังคงyang-kongผัดวันประกันพรุ่งpàt-wan-bprà-gan-prûngร่ำไปrâm-bpaiไม่เคยmâi-kəəiคิดkítจะjàเปลี่ยนแปลงbplìian-bplɛɛngตัวเองdtuua-eengเลยləəi
No matter how many times he's warned, he still constantly procrastinates, never thinking of changing himself at all.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
râm
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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
ร่ำrâmร่ำrâm1repeatedly; again and again2[to] say repeatedly; [to] utter persistently3[to] perfume; [to] scentrepeatedly; again and againPart 1
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ร่ำไปrâm-bpaiร่ำไปrâm-bpairepeatedly; constantlyrepeatedly; constantlyWord