สินธุ์
sǐnMeaning
1NounC1
river; sea; ocean (poetic)
A river or the sea/ocean; used in formal or poetic language.
Examples
เรือrʉʉaเรือrʉʉa1boat; ship; vessel2rook (chess, makruk)ลำlamลำlam1classifier: boats; ships; aircraft; rockets; some musical instruments2classifier: beams/rays of light; laser3shaft; trunk; stalk; hull (of a boat)4beam; ray (of light)5delicious; tasty (Northern Thai)6[to] sing; chant traditional verse (Isan)น้อยnɔ́ɔiน้อยnɔ́ɔi1few; little; small (amount/number)2less; to a lesser degree3young; junior (name/title use)4seldom; rarelyลอยlɔɔiลอยlɔɔi1[to] float; drift2[to] hover; be suspended3floating; adrift4[to] float (price/exchange rate)5too light for the skin (makeup, colloquial)ล่องlɔ̂ngล่องlɔ̂ng1[to] go downstream; float along2[to] cruise; voyage by water3[to] glide along (figurative)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainกลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-มหาmá-hǎaมหาmá-hǎa1great; grand; vast (formal/literary)2prefix meaning great-/grand-; super-3title for a monk qualified in Pali studiesสินธุ์sǐnสินธุ์sǐnriver; sea; ocean (poetic)
A small boat was floating in the middle of the great ocean.
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ในnaiวรรณคดีไทยwan-ná-ká-dii-taiมักmákเปรียบเทียบbprìiap-tîiapความทุกข์kwaam-túkอันanใหญ่หลวงyài-lǔuangกับgàpความกว้างใหญ่kwaam-gwâang-yàiของkɔ̌ɔngสายsǎaiสินธุ์sǐn
Thai literature often compares immense sorrow to the vastness of the sea.
เหล่าlàoทวยเทพtuuai-têepได้dâaiร่วมกันrûuam-ganกวนเกษียรสมุทรguuan-gà-sǐian-sà-mùtในnaiฟากfâakฝั่งfàngของkɔ̌ɔngมหาmá-hǎaสินธุ์sǐnอันanไกลโพ้นglai-póon
The deities churned the ocean of milk on the shores of the distant great sea.
ชีวิตchii-wítเปรียบดั่งbprìiap-dàngนาวาnaa-waaที่tîiต้องdtɔ̂ngฝ่าฟันfàa-fanคลื่นลมklʉ̂ʉn-lomในnaiท้องtɔ́ɔngสินธุ์sǐnจนกว่าจะjon-gwàa-jàถึงtʉ̌ngฝั่งfàngฝันfǎn
Life is like a vessel that must brave the wind and waves in the ocean until it reaches the shore of dreams.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is สินธุ์ said สิน?
sǐn
- Silent letterธุ์ is silent: the ◌์ mark cancels its sound.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
sǐn
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
ธุ์ is silent here.
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 | — | — |