อสุภ

à-sùp

Meanings

1NounC1

corpse; dead body (Buddhism)

A dead body, especially one used as an object of Buddhist meditation on the body's unattractiveness to reduce sensual desire and attachment.

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2AdjectiveC2

unlovely; unattractive; bad (literary)

Lacking beauty or goodness, used especially in literary language and Buddhist descriptions of the body's unattractiveness.

Examples

พระอาจารย์prá-aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá-aa-jaanVenerable teacher (Buddhist monk)สอนsɔ̌ɔnสอนsɔ̌ɔn1[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)มองmɔɔngมองmɔɔng1[to] look at2[to] watch; observe3[to] view; regard; considerร่างกายrâang-gaaiร่างกายrâang-gaaibodyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)อสุภà-sùpอสุภà-sùp1corpse; dead body (Buddhism)2unlovely; unattractive; bad (literary)ไม่ใช่mâi-châiไม่ใช่mâi-châi1is/are/am not; not (to be)2no (disagreement/denial)3not (emphatic correction)เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเกลียดglìiatเกลียดglìiat[to] hate; detest; loatheตัวเองdtuua-eengตัวเองdtuua-eeng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own selfแต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofคลายklaaiคลายklaai1[to] loosen; slacken; relax2[to] ease; lessen; relieve; abateความหลงkwaam-lǒngความหลงkwaam-lǒng1delusion; misperception2infatuation; obsessionในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)รูปลักษณ์rûup-lákรูปลักษณ์rûup-lákappearance; form; features; figure
The monk taught us to regard the body as unattractive, not to hate ourselves, but to lessen our fascination with physical appearance.
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Tones

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

Why is อสุภ said อะ-สุบ?

à-sùp

The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.

2 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——