หุงหา
hǔng-hǎaMeaning
1VerbB1
[to] cook; [to] prepare food
to cook or prepare meals; to make food
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseสอนsɔ̌ɔnสอนsɔ̌ɔn1[to] teach [sb] [sth]2[to] instruct; train [sb]3[to] admonish; give moral guidanceให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)หุงหาอาหารhǔng-hǎa-aa-hǎanหุงหาอาหารhǔng-hǎa-aa-hǎan[to] cook; [to] prepare foodกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)เองeengเองeeng1oneself; personally; by oneself2only; just; merely3exactly that/itselfตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛfrom; since (starting point)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young; not yet grown up3young person (informal)
Mother taught me to cook meals for myself since I was a child.
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สมัยก่อนsà-mǎi-gɔ̀ɔnผู้คนpûu-konต้องdtɔ̂ngตื่นdtʉ̀ʉnแต่เช้าdtɛ̀ɛ-cháaoตรู่dtrùuมาmaaหุงหาอาหารhǔng-hǎa-aa-hǎanเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaใส่บาตรsài-bàatและlɛ́ให้hâiคนkonในnaiครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaกินgin
In the old days, people had to wake up very early to prepare food to offer to monks and to feed their family members.
แม้ว่าmáe wâaเธอterจะjàทำงานtam ngaanนอกบ้านnôk bâanหนักnàkแค่ไหนkâe năiเธอterก็gâwไม่เคยmâi koieละทิ้งlá tíngหน้าที่nâa têeหุงหาอาหารhŭng hăa aa-hăanให้hâiลูกๆlôok lôok
No matter how hard she works outside the home, she never neglects her duty to prepare meals for her children.
วิถีชีวิตwí-tǐi-chii-wítคนเมืองkon-mʉʉangที่tîiเร่งรีบrêng-rîipทำให้tam-hâiหลายlǎaiครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaไม่มีmâi-miiเวลาwee-laaหุงหาอาหารhǔng-hǎa-aa-hǎanเองeengและlɛ́ต้องdtɔ̂ngพึ่งพาpʉ̂ng-paaอาหารสำเร็จรูปaa-hǎan-sǎm-rèt-rûupมากขึ้นmâak-kʉ̂n
The rushed urban lifestyle leaves many families with no time to prepare their own meals, causing them to rely more on ready-made food.
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 -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 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
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หาhǎaหาhǎa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3huh?; what? (informal)4[to] get; procure5[to] earn (money); make a living6[to] visit; go see7[to] seek out; contact[to] look for; search forPart 2
หุงหาhǔng-hǎaหุงหาhǔng-hǎa[to] cook; [to] prepare food[to] cook; [to] prepare foodWord