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rói grong

Meanings

1NounB1

poetry; verse (as a genre)

Language composed with meter or rhyme; poetry/verse as opposed to prose (ร้อยแก้วร้อยแก้วrói gâewprose (non-verse)).

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofร้อยกรองrói grongร้อยกรองrói grong1[to] compose poetry; write verse (formal)2poetry; verse (as a genre)มากกว่าmâak gwàaมากกว่าmâak gwàa1more; to a greater degree2more than; over (with numbers/amounts)3[to] exceed; be greater thanร้อยแก้วrói gâewร้อยแก้วrói gâewprose (non-verse)
I like reading verse more than prose.
2NounB2

[to] compose poetry; write verse (formal)

To write in metrical or rhymed form; to compose poetry or verse, as opposed to prose.

Examples

ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)ให้การhâi gaanให้การhâi gaan1[to] testify; give a statement2[to] state; provide an account (formal)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1give us; give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usร้อยกรองrói grongร้อยกรองrói grong1[to] compose poetry; write verse (formal)2poetry; verse (as a genre)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesฤดูกาลréu-doo-gaanฤดูกาลréu-doo-gaan1season (time of year)2season (sports/activities)แทนtaenแทนtaen1[to] replace; substitute for2instead; rather3in place of; on behalf ofการเขียนgaan kĭianการเขียนgaan kĭian1writing (the act or skill)2writing; written work3spelling; how [sth] is writtenร้อยแก้วrói gâewร้อยแก้วrói gâewprose (non-verse)
The teacher assigned us to compose in verse about the seasons instead of writing prose.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherPart 1
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กรองgrongกรองgrong1[to] filter; strain2filterPart 2
ร้อยกรองrói grongร้อยกรองrói grongpoetry; verse (as a genre)