เชื้อรา
chʉ́ʉa-raaMeaning
1NounB1
fungus; fungi (mold, yeast)
a fungus; simple living organisms such as molds or yeasts that can grow on plants, food, or skin
Examples
ขนมปังkà-nǒm-bpangขนมปังkà-nǒm-bpangbreadที่วางtîi-waangที่วางtîi-waangstand; rack; holderทิ้งไว้tíng-wáiทิ้งไว้tíng-wái1[to] leave [sth] to sit/remain (for a time)2[to] leave [sth] behindสองsɔ̌ɔngสองsɔ̌ɔng1two; 22secondวันwanวันwan1day2daytime; daylight3classifier: daysขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-countryเชื้อราchʉ́ʉa-raaเชื้อราchʉ́ʉa-raafungus; fungi (mold, yeast)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)อย่าyàaอย่าyàadon’t; do not (negative imperative)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to] corrode; erode; eat into5[to] take (a bribe); pocketนะnáนะná1softener; friendly particle2persuasive/confirming particle
The bread left out for two days has grown fungus; don't eat it.
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ฝนตกfŏn dtòkบ่อยbòiทำให้tam hâiผนังบ้านpà-năng bâanชื้นchéunจนมีjon meeเชื้อราchéuua raaขึ้นkêunเป็นดวงๆbpen duuang duuang
Frequent rain made the walls damp, and patches of fungus appeared.
ถ้าtâaใส่sàiรองเท้าrong táaoที่têeอับชื้นàp chéunนานๆnaan naanอาจàatติดเชื้อdtìt-chéuuaราraaที่têeผิวหนังpĭw năngได้dâi
If you wear damp shoes for a long time, you may get a fungal infection on your skin.
ชาวสวนchaao-sǔuanต้องdtɔ̂ngคอยkɔɔiตรวจdtrùuatแปลงผักbplɛɛng-pàkเพราะprɔ́เชื้อราchʉ́ʉa-raaบนbonใบbaiสามารถsǎa-mâatลามlaamเร็วreoและlɛ́ทำtamให้ผลผลิตhâi-pǒn-pà-lìtเสียหายsǐia-hǎaiหนักnàk
Gardeners must keep checking their plots because fungi on leaves can spread quickly and severely damage the yield.
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
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chʉ́ʉa
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
เชื้อchʉ́ʉaเชื้อchʉ́ʉa1germ; pathogen2fuel; combustible material3lineage; ancestry4culture; starter5cause; source (of trouble)germ; pathogenPart 1
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ราraaราraa1mold; mildew2we two; both of us (archaic/literary)3[to] desist; stop; let upmold; mildewPart 2
เชื้อราchʉ́ʉa-raaเชื้อราchʉ́ʉa-raafungus; fungi (mold, yeast)fungus; fungi (mold, yeast)Word