อธิบายความ

à-tí-baai-kwaam

Meaning

1VerbB2

[to] explain in detail; [to] clarify

to explain something in detail; to clarify or elaborate on a matter

Examples

คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]อธิบายความà-tí-baai-kwaamอธิบายความà-tí-baai-kwaam[to] explain in detail; [to] clarifyเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเรื่องrʉ̂ʉang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerคุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritเพิ่งpə̂ngเพิ่งpə̂ng1just; recently2only just now; only nowพูดpûutพูดpûut1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutได้ไหมdâai-mǎiได้ไหมdâai-mǎi1is it possible/allowed?; OK?2could you ... ? (request softener)ผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂iไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂i1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)เข้าใจkâo-jaiเข้าใจkâo-jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to] assume; take sth to be true3[to be] understanding (of [sb])
Could you please elaborate on the point you just made? I don't quite understand.
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Tones

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

Why is อธิบายความ said อะ-ทิ-บาย-ความ?

à-tí-baai-kwaam

The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.

4 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classMid class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. 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 classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

Word Breakdown

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อธิบายความà-tí-baai-kwaamอธิบายความà-tí-baai-kwaam[to] explain in detail; [to] clarify[to] explain in detail; [to] clarifyWord