สอยรัง
sɔ̌ɔi-rangMeaning
1VerbB2
[to] knock down a nest (with a pole)
To use a long pole or stick to knock down or retrieve a nest (such as that of a bird, wasp, or bee) from a high place, often for collection.
Examples
ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3elderly man; grandpa (informal)4grid square; mesh5turn (in a game)6eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้ไผ่máai pàiไม้ไผ่máai pài1bamboo (plant)2bamboo (material)ยาวๆyaao yaaoยาวๆyaao yaao1for a long time; continuously (informal)2at length; extensively (informal)3keep it going; more of the same (colloq. exhortation)สอยรังsŏi rangสอยรังsŏi rang[to] knock down a nest (with a pole)ผึ้งpûngผึ้งpûngbeeลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alight7southward; down-country8[to] publish; post [sth] onlineมาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] result from; be due toต้นมะม่วงdtôn-má-mûuangต้นมะม่วงdtôn-má-mûuangmango treeหลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3wife (figurative)4back office; behind-the-scenes operations
Grandpa used a long bamboo pole to knock down the beehive from the mango tree in the backyard.
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เด็กๆdèk dèkเห็นhĕnรังrangแaeตนdtonแล้วláeoอยากจะyàak jàลองlongสอยรังsŏi rangแต่dtàeผู้ใหญ่pôo yàiห้ามhâamไว้wáiเพราะpráwกลัวgluuaจะjàโดนdohnต่อยdtòi
The kids saw a wasp nest and wanted to try knocking it down, but the adults stopped them for fear of being stung.
การgaanสอยรังsɔ̌ɔi-rangมดแดงmót-dɛɛngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเอาaoไข่kàiมาmaaทำอาหารtam-aa-hǎanต้องdtɔ̂ngอาศัยaa-sǎiความชำนาญkwaam-cham-naanและlɛ́ความรวดเร็วkwaam-rûuat-reoเพื่อไม่ให้pʉ̂ʉa-mâi-hâiโดนdoonฝูงfǔungมดmótกัดgàt
Knocking down a red ant nest to get its eggs for cooking requires skill and speed to avoid being bitten by the ant swarm.
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanที่tîiชำนาญcham-naanสามารถsǎa-mâatสอยรังsɔ̌ɔi-rangผึ้งpʉ̂ngหลวงlǔuangขนาดใหญ่kà-nàat-yàiลงมาlong-maaได้dâaiโดยdooiไม่mâiทำให้tam-hâiรังrangเสียหายsǐia-hǎaiและlɛ́ยังyangได้dâaiน้ำผึ้งnáam-pʉ̂ngคุณภาพดีkun-ná-pâap-diiอีกด้วยìik-dûuai
Skilled villagers can knock down a large wild beehive without damaging the nest and still get high-quality honey.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ย, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
sɔ̌ɔi
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
สอยsɔ̌ɔiสอยsɔ̌ɔi1[to] pick or get down (from high up, with a pole)2[to] hem; make small stitches3[to] shoot/knock down; nab (slang)4[to] have sex (slang)[to] pick or get down (from high up, with a pole)Part 1
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รังrangรังrang1nest; hive; den (animal)2hive/nest (classifier)3hideout; lair (pejorative/colloquial)nest; hive; den (animal)Part 2
สอยรังsɔ̌ɔi-rangสอยรังsɔ̌ɔi-rang[to] knock down a nest (with a pole)[to] knock down a nest (with a pole)Word