เช็งเม้ง(chéng méng)
Meanings
1NounB2
Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day)
the Qingming festival when families visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestors’ graves; also called วันเช็งเม้ง; variant spelling เชงเม้ง
Examples
วันwanวันwan1day2daytime; daylight3classifier: daysเช็งเม้งchéng méngเช็งเม้งchéng méng1Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day)2to observe Qingming; to tomb-sweepปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearตรงกับdtrong gàpตรงกับdtrong gàp1[to] match; correspond (to/with)2[to] fall on; coincide with (a date/time)3[to] be equivalent to; amount to4[to] align with; be directly in line withช่วงต้นchûuang dtônช่วงต้นchûuang dtôn1early part; initial phase2early (in a period)เดือนเมษายนdeuuan may-săa-yonเดือนเมษายนdeuuan may-săa-yonApril (month)พอดีpo deeพอดีpo dee1just right; exactly suitable2exactly; just (in time/amount)3happen to; by chance4just enough
This year's Qingming festival falls right in early April.
2VerbB2
to observe Qingming; to tomb-sweep
to go to ancestral graves to clean and make offerings as part of the Qingming observance
Examples
ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ของเราkŏng raoของเราkŏng rao1our (belonging to us)2ours3our side; our group (we/us collectively)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เช็งเม้งchéng méngเช็งเม้งchéng méng1Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day)2to observe Qingming; to tomb-sweepที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotชลบุรีchon-bù-reeชลบุรีchon-bù-reeChonburi (province in eastern Thailand)สุดสัปดาห์นี้sùt sàp-daa néeสุดสัปดาห์นี้sùt sàp-daa née1this weekend2this weekend (time phrase)
Our family is going to perform Qingming rites in Chonburi this weekend.
Word Breakdown
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เช็งเม้งchéng méngเช็งเม้งchéng méngQingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day)