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máai-tǎoMeaning
1NounB1
vine; climbing or trailing plant
A plant with long stems that climb over other plants or supports, or trail along the ground.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ไม้เถาmáai-tǎoไม้เถาmáai-tǎovine; climbing or trailing plantไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2for later; in reserve3[to] leave (something) as is4marks retention or maintenance of a state5[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)เลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiเลื้อยlʉ́ʉai1[to] crawl; creep; slither2[to] climb/spread (of vines/plants)ขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)รั้วrúuaรั้วrúuafence; railing; barrier
Mom planted a vine to climb up the fence.
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ตำลึงdtam-lʉngเป็นbpenไม้เถาmáai-tǎoที่tîiเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiขึ้นkʉ̂nตามdtaamรั้วrúuaและlɛ́เราraoเก็บgèpยอดyɔ̂ɔtมาmaaทำtamแกงจืดgɛɛng-jʉ̀ʉtได้dâai
Ivy gourd is a vine that climbs along fences, and we can pick its shoots to make clear soup.
ไม้เถาmáai-tǎoบางชนิดbaang-chá-nítเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiไปตามbpai-dtaamพื้นดินpʉ́ʉn-dinจึงjʉngต้องdtɔ̂ngเผื่อpʉ̀ʉaพื้นที่pʉ́ʉn-tîiไว้wáiให้hâiมันmanเติบโตdtə̀əp-dtoo
Some vines trail along the ground, so you need to leave room for them to grow.
ก่อนgɔ̀ɔnเลือกlʉ̂ʉakไม้เถาmáai-tǎoมาmaaปลูกbplùukคลุมklumซุ้มsúmควรkuuanพิจารณาpí-jaa-rá-naaทั้งtángน้ำหนักnám-nàkของkɔ̌ɔngต้นdtônและlɛ́ความแข็งแรงkwaam-kɛ̌ng-rɛɛngของkɔ̌ɔngโครงสร้างkroong-sâangที่จะtîi-jàให้hâiมันmanเลื้อยเกาะlʉ́ʉai-gɔ̀
Before choosing a vine to cover an arbor, you should consider both the plant's weight and the strength of the structure it will climb on.
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 markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
máai
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementwood; timberPart 1
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เถาtǎoเถาtǎo1vine; climbing stem2classifier: sets of tiered containers3classifier: vines/stems4lineage/ancestral line (literary)vine; climbing stemPart 2
ไม้เถาmáai-tǎoไม้เถาmáai-tǎovine; climbing or trailing plantvine; climbing or trailing plantWord