หุง

hǔng

Meaning

1VerbA2

[to] cook (especially rice)

to cook with water and heat, especially rice, typically until the water is absorbed or evaporates

Examples

วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentแม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseหุงhǔngหุงhǔng[to] cook (especially rice)ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyด้วยdûuaiด้วยdûuai1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because of; due to5because; since (formal/literary)6request particle; please; tooหม้อหุงข้าวmɔ̂ɔ-hǔng-kâaoหม้อหุงข้าวmɔ̂ɔ-hǔng-kâaorice pot; rice cooker
Today mom cooks rice with a rice cooker.
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เมื่อเช้าmʉ̂ʉa-cháoเขาkǎoหุงhǔngข้าวkâaoเผื่อpʉ̀ʉaเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanที่tîiแวะwɛ́มาmaaบ้านbâan
This morning he cooked extra rice for a friend who dropped by.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiช่วยchûuaiหุงhǔngข้าวkâaoก่อนgɔ̀ɔnสิบsìpโมงmoongได้ไหมdâai-mǎi
Tomorrow, could you cook the rice before ten?
ถ้าtâaหุงhǔngข้าวkâaoใส่sàiน้ำnáamมากไปmâak-bpaiข้าวkâaoจะjàเละléไม่mâiอร่อยà-rɔ̀i
If you cook rice with too much water, it becomes mushy and not tasty.

Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classHigh class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.

High class consonants

ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห

Result

Rising tone

hǔng

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 classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

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