โคลง

klong

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] sway; rock

To move back and forth or from side to side in a slow, rhythmic motion, as a boat or cradle might.

Examples

เรือreuuaเรือreuua1boat; ship; vessel2classifier for boats/shipsเล็กโคลงlék klohngเบาๆbao baoเบาๆbao bao1gently; softly; quietly; lightly; slightly; mildly2casually; in a relaxed way; not too seriouslyตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)คลื่นลมklêun lomคลื่นลมklêun lom1wind and waves; sea state2turmoil; turbulence (figurative)ตอนเย็นdton yenตอนเย็นdton yen1evening; early evening2in the evening
The small boat rocks gently with the evening waves and wind.
2NounB2

khlong; Thai verse form

A classical Thai verse form with fixed syllabic, tonal, and rhyming patterns; used in traditional poetry (e.g., โคลงสี่สุภาพโคลงสี่สุภาพklohng sèe sù-pâapclassical Thai verse form with four lines).

Examples

ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)ให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1give us; give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofโคลงสี่สุภาพklohng sèe sù-pâapโคลงสี่สุภาพklohng sèe sù-pâapclassical Thai verse form with four linesและláeและláeand (coordinating)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)สัมผัสsăm-pàtสัมผัสsăm-pàt1impression; sense (figurative)2rhyme or alliteration (poetic device)3touch; physical contact4[to] touch; come into contactให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)
The teacher taught us to read khlong si suphap and identify the correct rhymes.