วัชพืช
wát-chá-pʉ̂ʉtMeaning
1NounA2
weed (unwanted plant)
An unwanted or invasive plant that grows where it is not desired, often competing with crops or ornamental plants.
Examples
สวนผักsǔuan-pàkสวนผักsǔuan-pàkvegetable garden; vegetable patchมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoวัชพืชwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉtวัชพืชwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉtweed (unwanted plant)ขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)เต็มdtemเต็มdtem1full; filled2complete; entire; full (amount)3[to] be full4fully; completely; to the fullแปลงbplɛɛngแปลงbplɛɛng1[to] transform; convert; modify; adapt2plot; parcel (of land); garden bed3classifier: plots/sections (of land, garden beds)
The vegetable garden is full of weeds.
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Yesterday I pulled weeds out of the flower pot.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiเราraoจะjàพ่นpônยาyaaกำจัดgam-jàtวัชพืชwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉtที่tîiลุกลามlúk-laamในnaiแปลงbplɛɛngข้าวโพดkâao-pôot
Tomorrow we will spray herbicide on the spreading weeds in the corn field.
วัชพืชwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉtแย่งyɛ̂ɛngสารอาหารsǎan-aa-hǎanและlɛ́แสงแดดsɛ̌ɛng-dɛ̀ɛtจากjàakพืชpʉ̂ʉtหลักlàkทำtamให้ผลผลิตhâi-pǒn-pà-lìtลดลงlót-long
Weeds compete for nutrients and sunlight with the main crops, reducing yields.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is วัชพืช said วัด-ชะ-พืช?
wát-chá-pʉ̂ʉt
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ด, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
wát
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |