อามอย
aa-moiMeaning
1Proper nounC1
Amoy; Xiamen
A historical name for Xiamen, a port city in Fujian Province in southeastern China.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] find; come across3[to] face; experienceชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2[to] be named; be called3reputation; renownอามอยaa-moiอามอยaa-moiAmoy; Xiamenในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)หนังสือnǎng-sĕuหนังสือnǎng-sĕu1book (printed work)2document; letterเก่าgàoเก่าgào1old; not new2former; previous3old-fashioned; outdatedแล้วจึงláew jeungแล้วจึงláew jeungthen; and then; only thenรู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] realize; find out; learn3[to] know how; know the proper way to act4[to] feel; sense; perceiveว่าwâaว่าwâa1[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)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2[to] be named; be called3reputation; renownที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; before (past experience)2used to (past habit or state)3shrimp paste (Southern Thai)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionเมืองเซี่ยเหมินmeuuang sîia mĕrnเมืองเซี่ยเหมินmeuuang sîia mĕrnXiamen City (Fujian, China)
I came across the name Amoy in an old book and then learned that it was a name once used for Xiamen.
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ในnaiบันทึกban-têukการเดินทางgaan dern taangเล่มlêmนี้néeเมืองท่าmeuuang tâaเซี่ยเหมินsîia-mĕnในnaiมณฑลฝูเจี้ยนmon-ton fŏo jîianยังyangถูกเรียกว่าtòok rîiak wâaอามอยaa-moiตามdtaamชื่อchêuที่têeใช้cháiกันganในnaiสมัยsà-măiนั้นnán
In this travel journal, the port city of Xiamen in Fujian Province is still referred to as Amoy, the name used at the time.
หากhàakไม่ทราบmâi sâapว่าwâaอามอยaa-moiเป็นbpenชื่อchêuที่têeเคยkoeiใช้cháiเรียกrîakเซี่ยเหมินsîia-mĕnผู้อ่านpôo àanอาจàatเข้าใจผิดkâo jai pìtว่าwâaเอกสารèk-gà-săanสองsŏngฉบับchà-bàpกำลังgam-langกล่าวถึงglàao tĕungเมืองท่าmeuuang tâaคนละkon-láแห่งhàeng
Without knowing that Amoy was a name once used for Xiamen, readers might mistakenly think that the two documents refer to different port cities.
ชื่อchêuอามอยaa-moiที่têeปรากฏbpraa-gòtใต้dtâiภาพถ่ายpâap tàaiเก่าgàoไม่เพียงmâi piiangระบุว่าrá-bù wâaเป็นbpenเมืองเซี่ยเหมินmeuuang sîia mĕrnเท่านั้นtâo nánแต่ยังdtàe yangสะท้อนsà-tónธรรมเนียมtam-niiamการเรียกชื่อgaan rîiak chêuuสถานที่sà-tăan tîiของkŏngชาวต่างชาติchaao dtàang châatในnaiยุคyúkนั้นnánด้วยdûuay
The name Amoy beneath the old photograph not only identifies the city as Xiamen but also reflects the conventions foreigners used to name places in that era.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is อามอย said อาม-อะ-ยอ?
aa-moi
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |