เคลิ้ม
klə́əmMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] drift off; doze; be drowsy
to become lightly sleepy and start to nod off without fully sleeping; to feel pleasantly drowsy
Examples
พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenกินข้าวgin-kâaoกินข้าวgin-kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)อิ่มìmอิ่มìm1full (after eating)2[to] be full (after eating); feel full3satiated; content (figurative)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเคลิ้มklə́əmเคลิ้มklə́əm1[to] drift off; doze; be drowsy2[to] be entranced; be carried away; swoon3dreamy; entrancedจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)หลับlàpหลับlàp1[to] sleep; [to] fall asleep2asleep (stative)บนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)โซฟาsoo-faaโซฟาsoo-faasofa; couch
After eating, I felt drowsy and was about to doze off on the sofa.
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นั่งรถนานnâng rót naanๆ-แล้วláeoลมเย็นlom yenพัดpátทำให้tam hâiผมpŏmเคลิ้มkléermงีบngêepไปbpaiแป๊บหนึ่งbpáep nèung
After a long ride with a cool breeze, I got drowsy and dozed off for a moment.
อ่านหนังสือàan-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉก่อนนอนgɔ̀ɔn-nɔɔnสักพักsàk-pákก็gɔ̂เริ่มrə̂əmเคลิ้มklə́əmหัวhǔuaพยักpá-yákไปมาbpai-maa
After reading before bed for a while, I started to get drowsy, my head nodding.
อากาศaa-gàatอุ่นùnกับgàpแสงsɛ̌ɛngบ่ายbàaiทำให้tam-hâiทุกคนtúk-konเคลิ้มklə́əmจนjonเปลือกตาbplʉ̀ʉak-dtaaหนักnàkแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangไม่mâiหลับสนิทlàp-sà-nìt
The warm air and afternoon light made everyone pleasantly drowsy, eyelids heavy but not fully asleep.
2VerbB2
[to] be entranced; be carried away; swoon
to be absorbed in a pleasant trance or dreamy state, carried away by music, feelings, or beauty
Examples
ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)เพลงplayngเพลงplayng1song; musical piece2classifier: songs/piecesบรรเลงban-layngบรรเลงban-layng[to] play (music); perform (instrumental)ช้าๆcháa cháaช้าๆcháa cháaslowly; unhurriedlyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เคลิ้มkléermเคลิ้มkléerm1[to] drift off; doze; be drowsy2[to] be entranced; be carried away; swoon3dreamy; entrancedไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ทำนองtam-nongทำนองtam-nong1melody; tune2style; manner; pattern; way3along the lines of; something like; in the manner ofจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4classifier: scheduled occasions; meals; doses
Listening to the slow instrumental music, I drifted into a pleasant trance with the melody and lost track of time.
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เธอterมองmongท้องฟ้าtóng fáaยามเย็นyaam yenแล้วláeoเคลิ้มkléermกับgàpสีส้มsĕe sômทองtongที่têeค่อยๆkôi kôiเปลี่ยนไปbplìian bpai
She gazed at the evening sky and was carried away by the changing golden-orange hues.
บทbòtร่ายrâaiยาวyaaoของkɔ̌ɔngนักพากย์nák-pâakทำให้tam-hâiคนดูkon-duuเคลิ้มklə́əmเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanถูกtùukพาpaaเข้าสู่kâo-sùuโลกlôokอีกìikใบbai
The narrator’s long recitation made the audience drift as if led into another world.
กลิ่นดอกไม้glìn-dɔ̀ɔk-máaiในnaiสวนsǔuanผสมกับpà-sǒm-gàpเสียงsǐiangน้ำพุnáam-púทำให้tam-hâiฉันchǎnเคลิ้มklə́əmดั่งdàngใจลอยjai-lɔɔiไปbpaiกับgàpความงามkwaam-ngaamตรงหน้าdtrong-nâa
The scent of flowers in the garden mixed with the sound of the fountain made me drift into a trance, as if my mind floated with the beauty before me.
3AdjectiveB2
dreamy; entranced
being in a mildly dazed, dreamy, or swooning state; entranced
Examples
เธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)เสียงคลื่นsǐiang-klʉ̂ʉnเสียงคลื่นsǐiang-klʉ̂ʉnsound of wavesแล้วก็lɛ́ɛo-gɔ̂แล้วก็lɛ́ɛo-gɔ̂1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)เคลิ้มklə́əmเคลิ้มklə́əm1[to] drift off; doze; be drowsy2[to] be entranced; be carried away; swoon3dreamy; entrancedเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanเหมือนmʉ̌ʉan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughไม่ได้mâi-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)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-banปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-ban1present; current; contemporary2nowadays; at present3the present; the current time
She listened to the sound of the waves and became entranced, as if not in the present.
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ภาพpâapแสงเทียนsɛ̌ɛng-tiianสะท้อนsà-tɔ́ɔnผิวน้ำpǐu-náamทำให้tam-hâiผมpǒmเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanตกอยู่dtòk-yùuในnaiภวังค์pá-wang
The candlelight reflected on the water made me drift into a dreamy state for a moment.
ท่อนtɔ̂nดนตรีdon-dtriiอันanอ่อนหวานɔ̀ɔn-wǎanทำให้tam-hâiผู้ชมpûu-chomเคลิ้มklə́əmจนjonเงียบกริบngîiap-grìpราวกับraao-gàpถูกtùukสะกดsà-gòtอารมณ์aa-rom
The sweet musical passage entranced the audience into complete silence, as if their emotions were spellbound.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเธอtəəอ่านàanบทกวีbòt-gà-wiiเสียงsǐiangนุ่มnûmผู้ฟังpûu-fangหลายคนlǎai-konเคลิ้มklə́əmคล้ายkláaiตกอยู่dtòk-yùuในnaiภวังค์pá-wangแห่งhɛ̀ngความงามkwaam-ngaam
When she read the poem in a soft voice, many listeners were entranced, as if falling into a trance of beauty.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow classConsonant clusterIn the cluster คล, the first consonant ค sets the class.
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
klə́əm
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ลิ้มlímลิ้มlím1[to] taste; savor [sth]2[to] experience [sth] (figurative)3surname: Lim (Chinese-derived)[to] taste; savor [sth]Part 2
เคลิ้มklə́əmเคลิ้มklə́əm[to] drift off; doze; be drowsy[to] drift off; doze; be drowsyWord