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kâo-sài

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] charge at [sb/sth]; [to] rush at [sb/sth]

To move towards someone or something quickly and aggressively, often to attack or confront them.

Examples

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2VerbB2

[to] lay into [sb]; [to] go at [sb] (verbally)

To attack or criticize someone strongly with words; to go at someone verbally.

Examples

พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเถียงสู้tǐiang-sûuเถียงสู้tǐiang-sûu[to] talk back; [to] argue back; [to] retortไม่ได้mâi-dâaiไม่ได้mâi-dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrə̂əmเริ่มrə̂əm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเข้าใส่kâo-sàiเข้าใส่kâo-sài1[to] charge at [sb/sth]; [to] rush at [sb/sth]2[to] lay into [sb]; [to] go at [sb] (verbally)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ด้วยdûuaiด้วยdûuai1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because of; due to5because; since (formal/literary)6request particle; please; tooคำพูดkam-pûutคำพูดkam-pûut1what someone says; remarks2one's word; promise3wording; phrasingหยาบคายyàap-kaaiหยาบคายyàap-kaairude; vulgar; coarse
When he couldn't win the argument, he started going at me with rude words.
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Tones

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

2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classHigh class
  2. Tone markMai tho
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.

High class consonants

ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห

Result

Falling tone

kâo

Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.

High class + Mai tho → Falling

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——
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