โซ
sooMeaning
1AdjectiveB2
famished; starving
Very hungry, especially from having gone without enough food.
Examples
ยังไม่ได้yang-mâi-dâaiยังไม่ได้yang-mâi-dâai1not yet; haven’t yet2not yet possible; not yet permittedกินข้าวgin-kâaoกินข้าวgin-kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)ทั้งวันtáng-wanทั้งวันtáng-wanall day; the whole dayโซsooโซsoofamished; starvingจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofมือmʉʉมือmʉʉ1hand2skill; level; expertise3classifier: players in certain gambling games4doer; agent5round; turn (card games)สั่นsànสั่นsàn1[to] shake; tremble; vibrate2shaky; trembling3to shake [sth]แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
I haven’t eaten all day; I’m so starving that my hands are shaking.
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ซ้อมsɔ́ɔmบอลbɔɔnนานเกินไปnaan-gəən-bpaiตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níiโซsooมากmâakขอkɔ̌ɔกินginอะไรà-raiก่อนนะgɔ̀ɔn-ná
We practiced soccer too long; I’m starving now—let me eat something first.
รถติดrót-dtìtสามsǎamชั่วโมงchûua-moongโซsooจนjonจะเป็นjà-bpenลมlomเห็นhěnอะไรà-raiก็gɔ̂อยากyàakกินginไปหมดbpai-mòt
After three hours of traffic, I’m starving to the point of fainting; I feel like eating everything I see.
ทำงานtam-ngaanข้ามkâamมื้อmʉ́ʉจนjonท้องร้องtɔ́ɔng-rɔ́ɔngไม่หยุดmâi-yùtโซหนักsoo-nàkมากmâakจนjonต้องdtɔ̂ngสั่งอาหารsàng-aa-hǎanด่วนdùuan
I skipped meals while working and my stomach wouldn’t stop growling; I’m so starving I had to order food immediately.
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 endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
soo
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 | — | — |