ฮอสพิซ
hót-pítMeaning
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hospice
a home or facility providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill
Examples
พวกเขาpûuak kăoพวกเขาpûuak kăothey; them (people)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see off7wholesaleคุณปู่kun bpòoคุณปู่kun bpòo1paternal grandfather; father's father2elderly man (polite address)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyอยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] be at (a level/amount)3[to] depend on; be up toฮอสพิซhót-pítฮอสพิซhót-píthospiceเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofรับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] host; welcome7[to] defend; resist an attack8[to] withstand; bear9bottom; receptive sexual partner (slang)การดูแลgaan doo laeการดูแลgaan doo lae1care; looking after2maintenance; upkeep3supervision; oversightแบบbàepแบบbàep1style; type; kind; manner2classifier for types, styles, or designs3model; pattern; design; template4form; questionnaire5model; person posing6in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)ประคับประคองprà-káp-prà-kongประคับประคองprà-káp-prà-kong1[to] support; steady2[to] nurse; give gentle care3[to] sustain; keep going4[to] handle delicately
They sent their grandfather to a hospice for palliative care.
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การทำงานgaan tam ngaanในnaiฮอสพิซhót-pítต้องdtôngใช้cháiความเมตตาkwaam mâyt-dtaaและláeความอดทนkwaam òt tonสูงsŏongมากmâak
Working in a hospice requires a high level of compassion and patience.
เป้าหมายหลักbpâo-măai làkของkŏngฮอสพิซhót-pítไม่ใช่mâi châiการรักษาโรคgaan rák-săa rôhkแต่dtàeเป็นbpenการยกระดับgaan yók-rá-dàpคุณภาพชีวิตkun-ná-pâap chee-wítของkŏngผู้ป่วยpûu bpùuaiในช่วงnai chûuangวาระสุดท้ายwaa-rá sùt-táai
The main goal of a hospice is not to cure the disease, but to improve the patient's quality of life in their final days.
การตัดสินใจgaan dtàt-sĭn jaiย้ายyáaiคนkonที่รักtîi rákเข้าไปkâo bpaiอยู่ในyòo naiฮอสพิซhót-pítมักmákจะjàเป็นbpenเรื่องrêuuangที่têeยากลำบากyâak lam-bàakทางtaangความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukสำหรับsăm-ràpครอบครัวkrôp kruua
Choosing to move a loved one into a hospice can often be an emotionally difficult decision for families.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฮอสพิซ said ฮอ-สะ-พิด?
hót-pít
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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 | — | — |