โชห่วย
choo-hùuaiMeaning
1NounB1
mom-and-pop shop; small grocery
a small, family-run convenience or grocery store selling everyday household goods, often community-based
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainติดdtìtติดdtìt1[to] stick; attach; fasten2[to] be stuck; be attached; adhere3[to] catch; pick up (disease/odor/habit)4addicted to; hooked on; attached to5close to; adjacent; touching; contiguous6owing; indebted; behind on payments7busy; occupied; tied up8[to] catch fire; light; start; come on9[to] follow closely; keep close toร้านโชห่วยráan-choo-hùuaiร้านโชห่วยráan-choo-hùuailocal grocery store; mom-and-pop shopซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offขนมkà-nǒmขนมkà-nǒmsnack; sweet; dessertและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)ของใช้kɔ̌ɔng-cháiของใช้kɔ̌ɔng-cháipractical-use items; household goods; personal-use itemsได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerสะดวกsà-dùuakสะดวกsà-dùuak1convenient2available; free (time)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
My house is next to a mom-and-pop store, so it’s very convenient to buy snacks and daily items.
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สมัยเด็กsà-mǎi-dèkฉันchǎnชอบchɔ̂ɔpแวะwɛ́ร้านโชห่วยráan-choo-hùuaiหลังlǎngเลิกเรียนlə̂ək-riianเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaซื้อsʉ́ʉไอติมai-dtimแท่งtɛ̂ng
When I was a kid, I liked to stop by the mom-and-pop store after school to buy popsicles.
ร้านโชห่วยráan-choo-hùuaiในnaiชุมชนchum-chonรู้จักrúu-jàkลูกค้าlûuk-káaทุกคนtúk-konเจ้าของjâao-kɔ̌ɔngมักmákให้hâiเชื่อchʉ̂ʉaพอpɔɔเดือนdʉʉanสิ้นsînค่อยkɔ̂iจ่ายjàai
The community’s mom-and-pop store knows every customer; the owner often lets them buy on credit and pay at the end of the month.
แม้máeจะjàมีmeeซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ตsóo-bpêr-maa-gètเปิดbpèrtใกล้glâiๆ-แต่dtàeร้านโชห่วยráan choh-hùuayยังอยู่yang yòoได้dâiเพราะpráwความผูกพันkwaam pòok panกับgàpชุมชนchum-chonและláeบริการbor-rí-gaanที่têeยืดหยุ่นyêut yûn
Even with a supermarket opening nearby, the mom-and-pop store survives thanks to its ties with the community and flexible service.
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 endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
choo
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |