โทลล์
toonMeaning
1NounB1
tollway; toll road
a toll road or elevated expressway where drivers pay a fee to use it; often short for โทลล์เวย์โทลล์เวย์toon-weetollway; toll road
Examples
วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentรถติดrót-dtìtรถติดrót-dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ยอมyɔɔmยอมyɔɔm1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)จ่ายjàaiจ่ายjàai1[to] pay2[to] disburse; distribute (funds/resources)3[to] spend (money)4[to] pass a ballค่าkâaค่าkâa1cost; fee; charge2value; numerical value3worth; value (abstract)4monetary value; worth5ค่า is a friendly drawn-out or written form of ค่ะ, used mainly in informal replies, acknowledgments, and thanks.โทลล์toonโทลล์toontollway; toll roadดีกว่าdii-gwàaดีกว่าdii-gwàa1better; preferable (comparative of 'ดี')2had better; would rather (suggestion/decision)
Traffic is really bad today; we'd better just pay the toll.
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อย่าลืมyàa-lʉʉmเตรียมdtriiamเงินสดngən-sòtไว้wáiจ่ายjàaiค่าkâaโทลล์toonด้วยdûuaiนะnáเผื่อpʉ̀ʉaระบบrá-bòpสแกนsà-gɛɛnมีปัญหาmii-bpan-hǎa
Don't forget to prepare some cash to pay the toll, just in case the scanning system has issues.
ถึงแม้จะtʉ̌ng-mɛ́ɛ-jàขึ้นkʉ̂nโทลล์toonช่วงchûuangเทศกาลtêet-sà-gaanรถrótก็gɔ̂ยังyangติดอยู่dtìt-yùuดีdii
Even when taking the tollway during festivals, the traffic is still bad anyway.
รัฐบาลrát-tà-baanมีmiiแผนที่pɛ̌ɛn-tîiจะjàปรับขึ้นbpràp-kʉ̂nค่าkâaโทลล์toonในnaiเดือนหน้าdʉʉan-nâaตามdtaamสัญญาsǎn-yaaสัมปทานsǎm-bpà-taan
The government plans to increase the toll fee next month according to the concession contract.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is โทลล์ said โทน?
toon
- Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ล is said like น (n).Silent letterล์ is silent: the ◌์ mark cancels its sound.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ล, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
toon
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
ล์ is silent here.
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 | — | — |