หมากรุก(màak rúk)
Meanings
1NounB1
chess; makruk (Thai chess)
A board game for two players in which pieces move by fixed rules to checkmate the opponent’s king; in Thai, หมากรุกหมากรุกmàak rúk1chess; makruk (Thai chess)2Thai chess (makruk) can mean Thai chess (makruk) or Western chess depending on context.
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)หมากรุกmàak rúkหมากรุกmàak rúk1chess; makruk (Thai chess)2Thai chess (makruk)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)เย็นyenเย็นyen1cool; chilly2evening (late afternoon to dusk)3cool (personality); calm4cold (food/drinks)5[to] cool down
I play chess with my dad every evening.
2NounB2
Thai chess (makruk)
A traditional Thai variant of chess with different piece names and rules, commonly called makruk.
Examples
ลุงlungลุงlung1uncle (younger brother of parent)2older man (form of address)ข้างบ้านkâang bâanข้างบ้านkâang bâan1next door; at the neighboring house2the house/people next door; neighbors3next-door; neighboring (as a modifier)4by the side of the houseสอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)หมากรุกmàak rúkหมากรุกmàak rúk1chess; makruk (Thai chess)2Thai chess (makruk)แบบไทยbàep taiแบบไทยbàep taiThai-style; in the Thai wayบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatกติกาgà-dtì-gaaกติกาgà-dtì-gaa1rules; regulations (agreed)2terms; conditions (mutual)ต่างจากdtàang jàakต่างจากdtàang jàak[to] be different from [sb/sth]; differ from [sb/sth]; be unlike [sb/sth]สากลsăa-gonสากลsăa-gon1universal; international2universal standard; conventionหลายอย่างlăai yàangหลายอย่างlăai yàangmany things; various things
My neighbor uncle taught me to play Thai makruk, saying its rules differ a lot from international chess.
Word Breakdown
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หมากรุกmàak rúkหมากรุกmàak rúkchess; makruk (Thai chess)