เน่
nêeMeanings
1AdjectiveA2
rotten; decayed (food; organic matter)
In a state of rot or decay, especially for food or other organic matter; spoiled.
Examples
มะม่วงmá-mûuangมะม่วงmá-mûuang1mango (fruit)2mango treeลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objectsนี้níiนี้níi1this2this oneเน่nêeเน่nêe1rotten; decayed (food; organic matter)2[to] rot; decay; go bad3awful; lousy; messed up (colloq.)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
This mango is already rotten.
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Don't eat the fish. It smells weird, like it's already going bad.
ผักpàkที่tîiซื้อsʉ́ʉมาmaaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaอาทิตย์ที่แล้วaa-tít-tîi-lɛ́ɛoเริ่มrə̂əmเน่nêeแล้วlɛ́ɛoต้องdtɔ̂ngรีบrîipเอาไปao-bpaiทิ้งtíngก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiกลิ่นglìnจะjàแรงrɛɛngกว่าgwàaนี้níi
The vegetables I bought last week are starting to rot; I need to hurry and throw them away before the smell gets stronger.
2VerbA2
[to] rot; decay; go bad
To become rotten or spoiled; to decay.
Examples
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He kept the bananas for too long, so they started to rot.
Fresh meat will spoil quickly if not refrigerated.
ถ้าtâaทิ้งtíngเศษอาหารsèet-aa-hǎanไว้wáiนอกบ้านnɔ̂ɔk-bâanข้ามคืนkâam-kʉʉnมันmanก็gɔ̂จะjàเน่าnâoและlɛ́ส่งกลิ่นsòng-glìnเหม็นměn
If you leave food scraps outside overnight, they will rot and give off a bad smell.
3AdjectiveB1
awful; lousy; messed up (colloq.)
Very bad, poorly done, or in a terrible state; a figurative extension of 'rotten.'
Examples
หนังnăngหนังnăng1skin; hide2leather3movie; filmเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this2this oneน่าเบื่อnâa bèuuaน่าเบื่อnâa bèuuaboring; tedious; tiresomeมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousบทพูดbòt pôotบทพูดbòt pôot1spoken lines; dialogue2speech text; script of a talkก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเน่าnâoเน่าnâo1rotten; decayed; spoiled2[to] rot; decay; go bad3corrupt; rotten (fig.)สุดๆsùt sùtสุดๆsùt sùt1extremely; to the max2awesome!; so cool!
This movie is very boring, and the dialogue is terrible.
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ข้อแก้ตัวkɔ̂ɔ-gɛ̂ɛ-dtuuaของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoฟังfangไม่mâiขึ้นkʉ̂nเลยləəiเป็นเหตุbpen-hèetผลpǒnที่tîiเน่าnâoมากmâak
His excuse is not convincing at all; it's a very poor reason.
การจัดการแข่งขันgaan-jàt-gaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎnปีนี้bpii-níiมันmanเน่าnâoมากmâakทุกอย่างtúk-yàangผิดพลาดpìt-plâatไปหมดbpai-mòt
The event management this year was a mess; everything went wrong.
เขาkǎoถูกtùukวิจารณ์wí-jaanอย่างหนักyàang-nàkว่าwâaนโยบายเศรษฐกิจná-yoo-baai-sèet-tà-gìtที่tîiเสนอsà-nə̌əมาmaaนั้นnánมันmanเน่าnâoและlɛ́ไม่สามารถmâi-sǎa-mâatนำไปปฏิบัติnam-bpai-bpà-dtì-bàtได้จริงdâai-jing
He was heavily criticized that the economic policy he proposed was terrible and impractical.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
nêe
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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 | — | — |