เร่ง

rêng

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] hurry; speed up; accelerate

to make something go faster or happen sooner; to increase speed or intensity

Examples

รถติดrót-dtìtรถติดrót-dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedเร่งrêngเร่งrêng1[to] hurry; speed up; accelerate2[to] urge; press; pushฝีเท้าfǐi-táaoฝีเท้าfǐi-táao1pace; walking or running speed2sporting skill; abilityเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofไปให้bpai-hâiไปให้bpai-hâi[to] go give [sth] [to sb]ทันรถไฟtan-rót-faiทันรถไฟtan-rót-fai[to] catch the train; be in time for the train
The traffic was heavy, so he quickened his pace to catch the train.
3 more examples
เราraoอยากyàakเร่งrêngงานngaanให้hâiเสร็จsètก่อนgɔ̀ɔnฝนตกfǒn-dtòk
We want to speed up the work to finish before it rains.
หมอmɔ̌ɔขอให้kɔ̌ɔ-hâiห้องแล็บhɔ̂ng-lɛ́pเร่งrêngกระบวนgrà-buuanการตรวจเลือดgaan-dtrùuat-lʉ̂ʉat
The doctor asked the lab to accelerate the blood testing process.
ผู้จัดการpûu-jàt-gaanสั่งให้sàng-hâiเร่งrêngการผลิตgaan-pà-lìtในnaiสัปดาห์นี้sàp-daa-níiเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaส่งมอบsòng-mɔ̂ɔpตามdtaamกำหนดgam-nòt
The manager ordered production to be accelerated this week to meet the delivery schedule.
2VerbB1

[to] urge; press; push

to strongly encourage or pressure someone to act quickly or do something soon

Examples

ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3classifier: คน; ท่าน (respectful)เร่งrêngเร่งrêng1[to] hurry; speed up; accelerate2[to] urge; press; pushให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see offการบ้านgaan-bâanการบ้านgaan-bâan1homework; school assignment2housework (colloq.)ภายในpaai-naiภายในpaai-nai1inside; internal2inside; indoors3within; inside (place/scope)4within (time limit); byวันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at present
The teacher is urging us to submit the homework today.
3 more examples
หัวหน้าhǔua-nâaเร่งrêngพนักงานpá-nák-ngaanให้hâiสรุปsà-rùpรายงานraai-ngaanก่อนgɔ̀ɔnบ่ายนี้bàai-níi
The boss is pressing the staff to finalize the report before this afternoon.
แม่mɛ̂ɛเร่งrêngพี่ชายpîi-chaaiให้hâiรีบrîipโทรกลับtoo-glàpหาhǎaคุณยายkun-yaaiตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níiเลยləəi
Mom is pushing my older brother to call Grandma back right now.
นักกิจกรรมnák-gìt-jà-gamเร่งrêngผู้บริหารpûu-bɔɔ-rí-hǎanมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-laiให้hâiเปิดเผยbpə̀ət-pə̌əiข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunโดยเร็วdooi-reo
Activists are urging the university administrators to disclose the information promptly.

Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classLow class
  2. Tone markMai ek
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.

Low class consonants

คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ

Result

Falling tone

rêng

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 classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

Related Words

1[to] hurry; speed up; accelerate

2[to] urge; press; push