โข่ง
kòongMeanings
1AdjectiveB2
overgrown; unusually large
overgrown, unusually large, or older than one's peers (often used colloquially to describe a student who is much older than their classmates or an adult acting childishly)
Examples
อายุaa-yúอายุaa-yú1age2[to] be X years old3lifespan; service lifeตั้งdtângตั้งdtâng1[to] place upright; stand; erect2as much as; as many as3[to] set up; establish; found4[to] appoint; nominate5[to] set; fix (value, rule, goal)6stack; pile; bundle7[to] aim; focus (eyes, mind)8[to] allocate; earmark (funds)9classifier: stacks; pilesยี่yîiยี่yîitwo; second (traditional numeral)สิsìสิsì1will; shall (Isan)2emphatic particle (statement)3urging/encouraging particle (imperative)บกbòkบกbòk1land; dry land2ashore; on land3headquarters; command (abbr.)4editor(-in-chief) (abbr.)ว่าแล้วwâa-lɛ́ɛoว่าแล้วwâa-lɛ́ɛo1I knew it!; Just as I thought!2then; whereupon; having said thatยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardชอบchɔ̂ɔpชอบchɔ̂ɔp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] play; have fun2[to] play (game/sport/instrument)3[to] act; perform (role)4casually; for fun (manner marker)5[to] tease; kid; mess with6[to] play (audio or video)7[to] use; engage in; take up (colloq.)ของเล่นkɔ̌ɔng-lênของเล่นkɔ̌ɔng-lên1toy; plaything2novelty; fun gadget3plaything (figurative)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young; not yet grown up3young person (informal)โข่งkòongโข่งkòong1overgrown; unusually large2apple snailไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action marker
You're already in your twenties, yet you still like playing with toys like an overgrown child.
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สมชายsǒm-chaaiเป็นbpenนักเรียนnák-riianโข่งkòongประจำbprà-jamห้องhɔ̂ngเพราะprɔ́เขาkǎoดรอปdrɔ̀ɔpเรียนriianไปbpaiสองsɔ̌ɔngปีbpii
Somchai is the overgrown student of the class because he took two years off from school.
ถึงแม้tʉ̌ng-mɛ́ɛเขาkǎoจะjàตัวโตdtuua-dtooเป็นbpenเด็กdèkโข่งkòongแต่dtɛ̀ɛจิตใจjìt-jaiของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoยังคงyang-kongไร้เดียงสาrái-diiang-sǎaเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanเด็กประถมdèk-bprà-tǒm
Even though he is physically large like an overgrown kid, his mind remains as innocent as a primary school student.
การกลับมาgaan-glàp-maaเรียนriianมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-laiในnaiวัยwaiสามสิบsǎam-sìpทำให้tam-hâiฉันchǎnรู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀kเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanเป็นbpenนักเรียนnák-riianโข่งkòongท่ามกลางtâam-glaangรุ่นน้องrûn-nɔ́ɔng
Returning to university in my thirties makes me feel like an overgrown student among the younger peers.
2NounB2
apple snail
a type of large freshwater snail, commonly known as an apple snail
Examples
ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyเดินหาdern hăaเดินหาdern hăa[to] walk around looking for [sb] or [sth]หอยhŏiหอยhŏi1shellfish; mollusk (general)2classifier: ตัว3vulgar slang: female genitaliaโข่งkòhngโข่งkòhng1overgrown; unusually large2apple snailในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นาข้าวnaa kâaoนาข้าวnaa kâaorice paddy; rice fieldกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3elderly man; grandpa (informal)4grid square; mesh5turn (in a game)6eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)
When I was a kid, I liked to go walking and looking for apple snails in the rice field with my grandpa.
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ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanมักจะmák-jàไปหาbpai-hǎaหอยhɔ̌ɔiโข่งkòongตามdtaamหนองน้ำnɔ̌ɔng-náamเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaนำมาnam-maaทำเป็นtam-bpenอาหารaa-hǎan
Villagers often go looking for apple snails in swamps to use as food.
ในอดีตnai-à-dìitหอยhɔ̌ɔiโข่งkòongเป็นbpenสัตว์sàtที่tîiพบpópได้dâaiมากmâakตามdtaamแหล่งน้ำlɛ̀ng-náamธรรมชาติtam-má-châatแต่dtɛ̀ɛปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-banจำนวนjam-nuuanของมันkɔ̌ɔng-manลดลงlót-longไปbpaiอย่างมากyàang-mâak
In the past, the apple snail was an animal commonly found in natural water sources, but nowadays its population has decreased significantly.
นักวิจัยnák-wí-jaiกำลังgam-langศึกษาsʉ̀k-sǎaช่วงชีวิตchûuang-chii-wítของkɔ̌ɔngหอยhɔ̌ɔiโข่งkòongไทยtaiแท้tɛ́ɛเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaหาhǎaแนวทางnɛɛo-taangอนุรักษ์à-nú-rákสายพันธุ์sǎai-panนี้níiไว้ก่อนwái-gɔ̀ɔnที่tîiมันmanจะjàสูญพันธุ์sǔun-pan
Researchers are studying the life cycle of the native Thai apple snail to find ways to conserve this species before it goes extinct.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
kòong
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + Mai ek → Low
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 | — | — |