เค้ก
kéekMeaning
1NounA1
cake (sweet baked dessert)
a sweet baked dessert, usually soft and spongy, often topped or filled with cream, icing, or fruit
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to] corrode; erode; eat into5[to] take (a bribe); pocketเค้กช็อกโกแลตkáy chók-goh-láetเค้กช็อกโกแลตkáy chók-goh-láetchocolate cakeนิ่มnîmนิ่มnîm1soft; supple; tender2gentle; mild3softly; gentlyๆ-
I like eating soft chocolate cake.
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เมื่อวานmêuua waanเราraoไปbpaiกินginเค้กkékชิ้นเล็กchín lékๆ-ที่têeมีmeeไส้ครีมsâi kreemข้างในkâang nai
Yesterday we ate small cakes with cream filling inside.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-néeฉันchănจะjàทำเค้กtam kékวานิลลาwaa-nin-laaนุ่มnûmๆ-แล้วláeoตกแต่งหน้าdtòk dtàeng nâaด้วยdûuayผลไม้pŏn-lá-mái
Tomorrow I will make a soft vanilla cake and decorate the top with fruit.
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 endingDead syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
kéek
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 | — | — |