วิริยะ
wí-rí-yáMeaning
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diligence; perseverance; effort (formal/Buddhist)
steady and persistent effort; diligence and perseverance, often in formal or Buddhist contexts
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเรียนจบriian-jòpเรียนจบriian-jòp[to] graduate; complete one's studiesปริญญาเอกbpà-rin-yaa-èekปริญญาเอกbpà-rin-yaa-èek1doctoral degree; doctorate (PhD, etc.)2doctoral; at the doctoral levelได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเพราะprɔ́เพราะprɔ́1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingความวิริยะkwaam-wí-rí-yáความวิริยะkwaam-wí-rí-yádiligence; perseveranceของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎohis; hers; theirsเองeengเองeeng1oneself; personally; by oneself2only; just; merely3exactly that/itself
He was able to complete his PhD because of his own perseverance.
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ความสำเร็จkwaam-sǎm-rètในnaiชีวิตchii-wítต้องdtɔ̂ngอาศัยaa-sǎiความวิริยะอุตสาหะkwaam-wí-rí-yá-ùt-sǎa-hàเป็นอย่างมากbpen-yàang-mâak
Success in life requires a great deal of diligence and persistent effort.
ด้วยdûuaiความวิริยะkwaam-wí-rí-yáอย่างyàangไม่mâiย่อท้อyɔ̂ɔ-tɔ́ɔในที่สุดnai-tîi-sùtนักวิจัยnák-wí-jaiก็gɔ̂ค้นพบkón-pópวิธีwí-tiiรักษาโรคrák-sǎa-rôokนี้níiได้สำเร็จdâai-sǎm-rèt
With unwavering perseverance, the researchers finally succeeded in discovering a cure for this disease.
พระมหาชนกprá-má-hǎa-chá-nókทรงsongแสดงให้เห็นถึงsà-dɛɛng-hâi-hěn-tʉ̌ngความวิริยะkwaam-wí-rí-yáบารมีbaa-rá-miiอันanยิ่งใหญ่yîng-yàiแม้mɛ́ɛจะต้องjà-dtɔ̂ngว่ายน้ำwâai-náamในnaiมหาสมุทรmá-hǎa-sà-mùtถึงtʉ̌ngเจ็ดjètวันwanเจ็ดjètคืนkʉʉn
King Mahajanaka demonstrated great perseverance, even when he had to swim in the ocean for seven days and seven nights.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
wí
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 | — | — |