วิศว
wít-sà-wáMeaning
1NounB1
engineering; engineering faculty (informal)
An informal abbreviation referring to engineering as a field of study or to a university faculty of engineering.
Examples
ปีหน้าbpii-nâaปีหน้าbpii-nâanext yearฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3in; inward4[to] understand (in เข้าใจ)5[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)6[to] fit; suit; match7rice (archaic; dialectal)8[to] enter; reach (a period or stage)คณะká-náคณะká-ná1group; party; troupe; delegation2faculty (university division)3committee; board (as a body)4classifier: groups/delegations/troupesวิศวwít-sà-wáวิศวwít-sà-wáengineering; engineering faculty (informal)
Next year, I'm going to start studying engineering.
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My older brother studies engineering, while I want to study medicine.
วันนี้wan-níiคณะká-náวิศวwít-sà-wáจัดงานjàt-ngaanเปิดบ้านbpə̀ət-bâanฉันchǎnเลยləəiชวนchuuanเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanไปดูbpai-duu
The faculty of engineering is holding an open house today, so I invited a friend to go and check it out.
แม้mɛ́ɛการเรียนgaan-riianวิศวwít-sà-wáจะต้องjà-dtɔ̂ngใช้cháiคณิตศาสตร์ká-nít-dtà-sàatค่อนข้างkɔ̂n-kâangมากmâakแต่dtɛ̀ɛเธอtəəก็gɔ̂ตัดสินใจdtàt-sǐn-jaiเลือกlʉ̂ʉakสาขาsǎa-kǎaนี้níiเพราะprɔ́อยากyàakพัฒนาpát-tá-naaพลังงานสะอาดpá-lang-ngaan-sà-àat
Although studying engineering involves quite a lot of mathematics, she chose this field because she wants to develop clean energy.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is วิศว said วิด-สะ-วะ?
wít-sà-wá
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
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 | — | — |