หน่อ(nòr)
Meanings
1NounA2
bamboo shoot (food)
A bamboo shoot used as food. Example: แกงหน่อไม้แกงหน่อไม้gaeng nòr máaibamboo shoot curry/soup (bamboo-shoot curry)
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แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offหน่อไม้nò máaiหน่อไม้nò máaibamboo shoot (edible)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerแกงgaengแกงgaeng1Thai curry (soup/stew)2[to] make curry; cook a curry dish3classifier: types/varieties of curry dishes
Mom bought bamboo shoots to make curry.
2ClassifierA2
classifier: shoots/sprouts
A classifier for plant shoots or sprouts. Example: หน่อกล้วยสองหน่อ (two banana shoots)
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ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)กล้วยglûuaiกล้วยglûuai1banana (fruit)2banana plant/tree3easy; a breeze (slang)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)หน่อnòrหน่อnòr1plant shoot; sprout2bamboo shoot (food)3descendant; scion (figurative)4speckling/grain pattern (technical)5classifier: shoots/sprouts
I planted one banana shoot.
3NounB1
plant shoot; sprout
A new growth on a plant, such as a shoot or sprout emerging from the stem or root. Example: หน่อกล้วย (banana shoot)
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ชาวสวนchaao sŭuanชาวสวนchaao sŭuanorchard farmer; horticultural farmer; gardener (by trade)แยกyâekแยกyâek1[to] separate; split; divide2[to] distinguish; tell apart3[to] branch off4junction; intersection5separate; distinct; individualหน่อnòrหน่อnòr1plant shoot; sprout2bamboo shoot (food)3descendant; scion (figurative)4speckling/grain pattern (technical)5classifier: shoots/sproutsกล้วยglûuaiกล้วยglûuai1banana (fruit)2banana plant/tree3easy; a breeze (slang)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)แปลงbplaengแปลงbplaeng1[to] transform; convert; modify; adapt2plot; parcel (of land); garden bed3classifier: plots/sections (of land, garden beds)ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)สัปดาห์sàp-daaสัปดาห์sàp-daa1classifier: weeks2weekก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; former
The gardener separated banana shoots to plant in a new plot last week.
4NounB2
descendant; scion (figurative)
A descendant or heir (figurative). Example: หน่อพุทธางกูรหน่อพุทธางกูรnòr pút-taang-goonBodhisattva; future Buddha (royal scion; figurative)
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คนในเมืองkon nai meuuangคนในเมืองkon nai meuuangcity dweller; urbaniteเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเจ้าชายjâo chaaiเจ้าชายjâo chaai1prince2Prince (title; before name)พระองค์prá ongพระองค์prá ong1royal person; His/Her Majesty2royal third-person pronoun3royal second-person pronoun4royal classifier5royal person/body (hon.)น้อยnóiน้อยnói1few; little; small (amount/number)2less; to a lesser degree3young; junior (name/title use)4seldom; rarelyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsหน่อnòrหน่อnòr1plant shoot; sprout2bamboo shoot (food)3descendant; scion (figurative)4speckling/grain pattern (technical)5classifier: shoots/sproutsแห่งhàengแห่งhàeng1of; belonging to (formal)2place; location (formal)3classifier: places/institutionsราชวงศ์râat-chá-wongราชวงศ์râat-chá-wong1royal dynasty; ruling house2royal lineage; royal family (as a lineage)เก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not new
People in the city called the young prince a scion of the old dynasty.
5NounC1
speckling/grain pattern (technical)
Fine speckling or grain pattern on a surface or in wood (specialized/technical use). Example: ลายหน่อบนไม้ (a fine speckled wood grain)
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โต๊ะไม้dtó máaiโต๊ะไม้dtó máaiwooden tableเก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoหน่อnòrหน่อnòr1plant shoot; sprout2bamboo shoot (food)3descendant; scion (figurative)4speckling/grain pattern (technical)5classifier: shoots/sproutsเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเส้นเล็กsên lékเส้นเล็กsên lékthin rice noodlesๆ-ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]พื้นผิวpéun pĭuพื้นผิวpéun pĭu1surface; outermost layer2texture; surface finish3surface (technical)ดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoลายlaaiลายlaai1pattern; design2marking; stripe; streak3signature mark; distinctive mark (colloq.)4patterned; marked5[to] be patterned; show marks6pattern; design (classifier)
This old wooden table has small streaky grain marks, giving the surface a textured look.