เลขบน
lêek-bonMeaning
1NounB2
upper lottery number
a two- or three-digit winning number in the Thai lottery, usually based on the last digits of the official first-prize number
Examples
งวดngûuatงวดngûuat1installment; installment period2round; draw (e.g., lottery issue)นี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1aunt (older sister of father or mother)2auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)แทงtɛɛngแทงtɛɛng1[to] stab; pierce; thrust; skewer2[to] bet; stake moneyเลขบนlêek-bonเลขบนlêek-bonupper lottery numberไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyสามร้อยsǎam-rɔ́ɔiสามร้อยsǎam-rɔ́ɔithree hundred; 300บาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3foot (literary)หวังว่าwǎng-wâaหวังว่าwǎng-wâa1[to] hope (that)2hopefully; I/we hope (that)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)โชคดีchôok-diiโชคดีchôok-dii1good luck!2fortunate; lucky3good luck; good fortune4fortunately; luckily
This draw, my aunt bet three hundred baht on the top numbers, hoping to be lucky.
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ถ้าtâaซื้อsʉ́ʉหวยใต้ดินhǔuai-dtâai-dinคนkonมักจะmák-jàลุ้นlúnเลขบนlêek-bonมากกว่าmâak-gwàaเลขlêekล่างlâangเพราะprɔ́ได้dâaiเงินรางวัลngən-raang-wanเยอะกว่าyə́-gwàa
If buying the underground lottery, people usually hope for the top numbers rather than the bottom numbers because the prize money is higher.
วิธีwí-tiiการเล่นgaan-lênหวยใต้ดินhǔuai-dtâai-dinนั้นnánผู้เล่นpûu-lênสามารถsǎa-mâatเลือกแทงlʉ̂ʉak-tɛɛngได้dâaiทั้งtángเลขบนlêek-bonซึ่งsʉ̂ngอ้างอิงâang-ingจากjàakรางวัลที่หนึ่งraang-wan-tîi-nʉ̀ngและlɛ́เลขlêekล่างlâangซึ่งsʉ̂ngอ้างอิงâang-ingจากjàakรางวัลraang-wanเลขท้ายlêek-táai
In playing the underground lottery, players can choose to bet on either the top numbers, which are based on the first prize, or the bottom numbers, which are based on the last-digit prizes.
เจ้ามือjâao-mʉʉหวยhǔuaiประกาศbprà-gàatอั้นânเลขบนlêek-bonที่tîiกำลังgam-langดังdangทำให้tam-hâiหลายคนlǎai-konหาซื้อhǎa-sʉ́ʉเลขlêekที่ต้องการtîi-dtɔ̂ng-gaanไม่ได้mâi-dâai
The lottery dealer announced a limit on the currently popular top numbers, making it impossible for many people to buy the numbers they wanted.
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 markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableLong vowelEnds in -ข, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
lêek
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Long vowel → 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
เลขlêekเลขlêek1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery numbernumber; numeral; digitPart 1
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เลขบนlêek-bonเลขบนlêek-bonupper lottery numberupper lottery numberWord