ฮู้
húuMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] know (Northern/Isan dialect)
to know; to be aware; to understand (dialectal verb used chiefly in Northern Thai and Isan)
Examples
เจ้าฮู้บ่jâo hûu bòrเจ้าฮู้บ่jâo hûu bòrDo you know? (Isan/Lao)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเปิ้นbpêrnเปิ้นbpêrn1he; she; they (Northern Thai, 3rd person)2I; me (Northern Thai, familiar)ไปไสbpai săiไปไสbpai săi[Isan] where are you going?
Do you know where he/she went?
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I didn't know at all that the situation would turn out like this.
If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have come in the first place.
บางbaangเรื่องrêuuangต่อให้dtòr hâiพยายามเข้าphá-yaa-yaam kâoใจjaiเท่าtâoใด๋dăiกะบ่gà bòสามารถsăa-mâatฮู้hûuแจ้งjâengเห็นhĕnจริงjingได้dâiในnaiเทือteuuaเดียวdiiao
Some matters, no matter how much you try to understand, you can't truly and clearly know them all at once.
2Interjection
yoo-hoo!; hey! (calling out)
An exclamation used to call to [sb] or attract their attention from a distance, often repeated.
Examples
ฮู้húuฮู้húu1[to] know (Northern/Isan dialect)2yoo-hoo!; hey! (calling out)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainทางนี้taang-níiทางนี้taang-níi1this way; over here2this side; our sideมองเห็นmɔɔng-hěnมองเห็นmɔɔng-hěn1[to] see; make out; spot2[to] perceive; realize; recognize3[to] foresee; anticipate; envisionไหมmǎiไหมmǎi1yes–no question particle; or not?2silk
Yoo-hoo! Over here! Can you see me?
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เธอtəəโบกมือbòok-mʉʉจากjàakระเบียงrá-biiangแล้วlɛ́ɛoตะโกนdtà-goonว่าwâaฮู้húuข้างล่างkâang-lâangน่ะnâเงยหน้าngəəi-nâaมาmaaหน่อยnɔ̀i
She waved from the balcony and called, “Yoo-hoo! You down there! Look up for a moment.”
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเห็นhěnเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanอยู่yùuอีกìikฝั่งfàngของkɔ̌ɔngลานlaanเธอtəəก็gɔ̂โบกมือbòok-mʉʉพร้อมprɔ́ɔmตะโกนdtà-goonว่าwâaฮู้húuทางนี้taang-níiแต่dtɛ̀ɛเสียงsǐiangเรียกกลับrîiak-glàpถูกtùukเสียงดนตรีsǐiang-don-dtriiกลบglòpจนjonเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanไม่ทันmâi-tanได้ยินdâi-yin
When she spotted her friend across the square, she waved and called, “Yoo-hoo! Over here!” But the music drowned out her call, so her friend didn't hear it.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
húu
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
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 | — | — |