แช็ต
chɛ́tMeanings
1VerbA2
[to] chat (online); send instant messages
to converse informally in real time via text on the internet or a mobile app
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchɔ̂ɔpชอบchɔ̂ɔp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)แช็ตchɛ́tแช็ตchɛ́t1[to] chat (online); send instant messages2chat; instant-message threadกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellow
I like to chat with friends.
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Last night I chatted with my boyfriend/girlfriend until late.
สมัยนี้sà-mǎi-níiคนkonไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂iโทรหาtoo-hǎaกันganแล้วlɛ́ɛoส่วนใหญ่sùuan-yàiจะjàแช็ตchɛ́tคุยกันkui-ganมากกว่าmâak-gwàa
Nowadays, people don't call each other much anymore; they mostly chat instead.
2NounA2
chat; instant-message thread
an informal real-time text conversation conducted online or on a phone; the messages in such a conversation
Examples
นี่nîiนี่nîi1this (colloq.)2this; this one (pronoun)3here4here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)5you see; after all (colloq.)คือkʉʉคือkʉʉ1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.แช็ตchɛ́tแช็ตchɛ́t1[to] chat (online); send instant messages2chat; instant-message threadของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnmy; mine
This is my chat.
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He deleted all the chats between us.
My mom secretly read the chats on my phone.
ตำรวจdtam-rùuatใช้cháiแช็ตchɛ́tที่tîiเขาkǎoคุยkuiกับgàpเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanเป็นbpenหลักฐานlàk-tǎanในnaiการจับกุมgaan-jàp-gum
The police used the chat he had with his friend as evidence for the arrest.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ต, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chɛ́t
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → 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 | — | — |