องุ่น
à-ngùnMeanings
1NounA1
grape (fruit)
A small round or oval fruit that grows in clusters; eaten fresh or used to make juice, raisins, and wine.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)กินginกินgin1[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); pocketองุ่นà-ngùnองุ่นà-ngùn1grape (fruit)2grapevine (plant)สดsòtสดsòt1fresh (not preserved)2live (broadcast/in real time)3bright; vivid (color)4in cash5raw; uncooked (food)6unmixed; straight (of a drink)หวานๆwăan wăanหวานๆwăan wăan1sweet; on the sweet side2sweet/cute/romantic in tone or style3sweetly; in a sweet/flirtatious wayเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ของว่างkŏng wâangของว่างkŏng wâangsnack; light bite
I like to eat sweet fresh grapes as a snack.
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Mom squeezes grape juice for me to drink in the morning.
He bought grapes to dry in the sun and make raisins.
2NounB2
grapevine (plant)
The plant that produces grapes; a woody climbing vine.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant2beginning; early3origin; source; root cause4stem; trunk; stalk; base5classifier: trees; plants; poles6initial; primary (as prefix)องุ่นà-ngùnองุ่นà-ngùn1grape (fruit)2grapevine (plant)เลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiเลื้อยlʉ́ʉai1[to] crawl; creep; slither2[to] climb/spread (of vines/plants)ขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)ซุ้มไม้súm-máaiซุ้มไม้súm-máaiarbor; trellis; pergolaให้hâiให้hâi1[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)เถาtǎoเถาtǎo1vine; climbing stem2classifier: sets of tiered containers3classifier: vines/stems4lineage/ancestral line (literary)เกาะgɔ̀เกาะgɔ̀1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] come close to shore (of a boat)5[to] rely on [sb] for support or advantage (figurative)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerสะดวกsà-dùuakสะดวกsà-dùuak1convenient2available; free (time)
Dad planted grapevines to climb up the trellis so the vines can attach easily.
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เถาtǎoองุ่นà-ngùnต้องมีdtɔ̂ng-miiหลักlàkให้hâiไต่dtàiไม่อย่างนั้นmâi-yàang-nánกิ่งgìngจะjàยืดyʉ̂ʉtเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiไปbpaiกับgàpพื้นpʉ́ʉn
Grapevines need supports to climb; otherwise, the branches will sprawl along the ground.
สวนsŭuanนี้néeใช้cháiลวดlûuatขึงkĕungเป็นbpenชั้นchánๆ-เพื่อpêuuaพยุงpà-yungองุ่นà-ngùnซึ่งsêungเป็นbpenไม้máiเถาtăoให้hâiรับrápแสงsăengทั่วถึงtûua tĕung
This garden uses wires in tiers to support the grapevine, a climbing plant, so it gets even sunlight.
ชาวสวนchaao-sǔuanตัดแต่งdtàt-dtɛ̀ngเถาtǎoองุ่นà-ngùnทุกtúkฤดูrʉ́-duuเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaควบkûuapคุมทิศทางkum-tít-taangการgaanเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiและlɛ́ให้hâiโครงสร้างkroong-sâangแข็งแรงkɛ̌ng-rɛɛng
The farmer prunes the grapevine each season to control its climbing direction and maintain a sturdy structure.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is องุ่น said อะ-หงุ่น?
à-ngùn
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
à
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
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 | — | — |