วุ้น
wúnMeanings
1NounA2
jelly dessert (agar)
a jelly-like dessert typically made from agar (often colorful, sweet, and cut into shapes)
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to] corrode; erode; eat into5[to] take (a bribe); pocketวุ้นwúnวุ้นwún1jelly dessert (agar)2gel; jelly-like substanceสีsĕeสีsĕe1color2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polishรุ้งหวานrúng wăanรุ้งหวานrúng wăansweet rainbow (poetic; brand/name)ๆ-
I like eating sweet rainbow-colored jelly.
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Mom made fragrant coconut jelly in small cups.
The dessert shop has star-shaped and heart-shaped jelly; they’re very cute.
เด็กdèkๆ-ชอบchôpวุ้นwúnหลากสีlàak sĕeที่têeตัดเป็นชิ้นdtàt bpen chínสี่เหลี่ยมsèe lìiamรสrótหวานหอมwăan hŏmกินginเพลินplern
Kids like the colorful jelly cut into square pieces; the sweet aroma makes it easy to keep eating.
2NounB1
gel; jelly-like substance
any thick, semi-solid substance with a gelatinous texture
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น้ำซุปnáam súpน้ำซุปnáam súpbroth; stockที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerปล่อยไว้bplòi wáiปล่อยไว้bplòi wái[to] leave [sth] alone; [to] let beค้างคืนkáang keunค้างคืนkáang keun1[to] stay overnight2overnight; kept overnightกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]วุ้นwúnวุ้นwún1jelly dessert (agar)2gel; jelly-like substanceข้นkônข้นkôn1thick; viscous (of liquid)2concentrated; rich (of substance/flavor)ๆ-
The soup left overnight turned into a thick jelly-like substance.
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เมื่อmêuuaต้มdtômกระดูกgrà-dòokนานๆnaan naanน้ำnáamที่têeเย็นตัวyen dtuuaจะjàจับตัวjàp dtuuaเป็นbpenวุ้นwúnเพราะpráwมีmeeคอลลาเจนkol-laa-jehnออกมาòk maa
When you simmer bones for a long time, the cooled liquid sets into a gelatinous mass because collagen is released.
เจลjaynจัดแต่งjàt dtàengผมpŏmตัวdtuuaนี้néeพอporทิ้งไว้tíng wáiสักพักsàk pákจะjàจับjàpเป็นbpenวุ้นwúnเหนียวๆnĭiao-nĭiaoทำให้tam hâiผมpŏmอยู่ทรงyòo song
This hair gel becomes a sticky gelatinous substance after a while, helping your hair hold its shape.
ห้องทดลองhɔ̂ng-tót-lɔɔngใช้cháiสารละลายsǎan-lá-laaiที่tîiเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaอุณหภูมิun-hà-puumลดลงlót-longจะjàเปลี่ยนสภาพbplìian-sà-pâapเป็นbpenวุ้นwúnกึ่งgʉ̀ngแข็งkɛ̌ngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaตรึงdtrʉngตัวอย่างdtuua-yàangไว้wáiไม่ให้mâi-hâiขยับkà-yàp
The lab uses a solution that turns into a semi-solid gel as the temperature drops, to immobilize the sample.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
wún
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → 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 | — | — |