วิชชุ
wít-chúMeanings
1NounC1
lightning; flash of lightning
A bright flash of light in the sky caused by electricity, especially during a storm (this is a formal or poetic word).
Examples
เสียงฟ้าร้องsǐiang-fáa-rɔ́ɔngเสียงฟ้าร้องsǐiang-fáa-rɔ́ɔngthunder; sound of thunderดังสนั่นdang-sà-nànดังสนั่นdang-sà-nànvery loud; deafening; thunderousตามมาdtaam-maaตามมาdtaam-maa1[to] follow; come after2[to] ensue; resultด้วยdûuaiด้วยdûuai1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because of; due to5because; since (formal/literary)6request particle; please; tooแสงsɛ̌ɛngแสงsɛ̌ɛng1light2ray; beamวิชชุwít-chúวิชชุwít-chú1lightning; flash of lightning2electricity (formal)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerสว่างวาบsà-wàang-wâapสว่างวาบsà-wàang-wâap[to] flash brightlyเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ทางยาวtaang-yaaoทางยาวtaang-yaao1lengthwise direction; long dimension2lengthwise; longitudinal
The loud thunder was followed by a bright flash of lightning that streaked across the sky.
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พายุpaa-yúพัดpátมาพร้อมกับmaa próm gàpลมlomกรรโชกgan-chôhkแรงraengและláeวิชชุwít-chúที่têeสว่างวาบsà-wàang wâapไปทั่วbpai tûuaท้องฟ้าtóng fáaเป็นระยะๆbpen rá-yá rá-yá
The storm came with strong gusts of wind and flashes of lightning that periodically lit up the entire sky.
คมดาบkom-dàapของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoตวัดdtà-wàtวาบwâapราวกับraao-gàpสายsǎaiวิชชุwít-chúเฉือนchʉ̌ʉanร่างrâangของkɔ̌ɔngศัตรูsàt-dtruuในพริบตาnai-príp-dtaa
The edge of his sword flashed like a bolt of lightning, slicing the enemy's body in an instant.
สายตาsǎai-dtaaที่tîiกรุ่นgrùnโกรธgròotของkɔ̌ɔngเธอtəəเปรียบประดุจbprìiap-bprà-dùtสายsǎaiวิชชุwít-chúที่tîiทำให้tam-hâiทุกคนtúk-konในnaiห้องhɔ̂ngเงียบงันngîiap-ngan
Her smoldering, angry gaze was like a flash of lightning that silenced everyone in the room.
2NounC1
electricity (formal)
A formal or old-fashioned word for electricity, the power that makes lights and machines work.
Examples
ในสมัยก่อนnai-sà-mǎi-gɔ̀ɔnในสมัยก่อนnai-sà-mǎi-gɔ̀ɔnin the past; formerlyหมู่บ้านmùu-bâanหมู่บ้านmùu-bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerห่างไกลhàang-glaiห่างไกลhàang-glai1far; distant; remote2[to] be far from; lie far from3far removed from; safely distant from (danger, problems)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardไม่มีmâi-miiไม่มีmâi-mii1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockพลังงานpá-lang-ngaanพลังงานpá-lang-ngaan1vitality; vigor2energy (physics)3energy (power supply; fuel)วิชชุwít-chúวิชชุwít-chú1lightning; flash of lightning2electricity (formal)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; order
In the old days, remote villages still didn't have electricity to use.
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การค้นพบgaan-kón-pópพลังงานpá-lang-ngaanวิชชุwít-chúถือเป็นtʉ̌ʉ-bpenจุดเปลี่ยนjùt-bplìianที่สำคัญtîi-sǎm-kanซึ่งsʉ̂ngนำไปสู่nam-bpai-sùuการปฏิวัติอุตสาหกรรมgaan-bpà-dtì-wát-ùt-sǎa-hà-gam
The discovery of electrical power is considered a significant turning point that led to the Industrial Revolution.
เอกสารèk-gà-săanทางประวัติศาสตร์taang bprà-wàt-sàatฉบับchà-bàpนี้néeบันทึกban-têukถึงtĕungความพยายามkwaam pá-yaa-yaamในnaiการนำgaan namพลังpá-langวิชชุwít-chúเข้ามาkâo maaพัฒนาpát-tá-naaประเทศสยามbprà-têet sà-yăam
This historical document records the efforts to bring electrical power into Siam for national development.
ในnaiบทกวีbòt-gà-wiiนั้นnánได้dâaiพรรณนาถึงpan-ná-naa-tʉ̌ngยุคสมัยใหม่yúk-sà-mǎi-màiที่tîiสว่างไสวsà-wàang-sà-wǎiด้วยdûuaiแสงsɛ̌ɛngแห่งhɛ̀ngวิชชุwít-chúซึ่งsʉ̂ngเป็นbpenสัญลักษณ์sǎn-yá-lákของkɔ̌ɔngความก้าวหน้าkwaam-gâao-nâaทางปัญญาtaang-bpan-yaa
That poem describes the modern era, illuminated by the light of electricity, which symbolizes intellectual progress.
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ช, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
wít
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 | — | — |