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máai-sɛ́Meaning
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scraper; spatula
A small tool or stick used for scraping, prying, or scooping things off a surface, often used in cooking or crafts.
Examples
แม่ค้าmâe-káaแม่ค้าmâe-káafemale vendor; saleswoman; shopkeeperใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้แซะmáai sáeไม้แซะmáai sáescraper; spatulaค่อยๆkôi kôiค่อยๆkôi kôi1slowly; gently2gradually; little by littleแซะsáeแซะsáe1[to] pry off; [to] scrape loose2[to] snipe at [sb]; [to] throw shade; [to] make snide remarksขนมครกkà-nŏm krókขนมครกkà-nŏm krókThai coconut pancakeขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[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)มาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] result from; be due toเตาdtaoเตาdtao1stove; cooker2furnace; kiln; ovenร้อนๆrón rónร้อนๆrón rón1hot; piping hot2freshly; while still hotอย่างระมัดระวังyàang rá-mát-rá-wangอย่างระมัดระวังyàang rá-mát-rá-wangcarefully; cautiously
The vendor used a scraping stick to carefully pry the coconut pancakes from the hot pan.
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ก่อนgɔ̀ɔnล้างláangกระทะgrà-táให้hâiใช้cháiไม้แซะmáai-sɛ́ขูดkùutเศษอาหารsèet-aa-hǎanที่tîiไหม้mâiติดอยู่dtìt-yùuออกให้ɔ̀ɔk-hâiหมดmòtก่อนgɔ̀ɔn
Before washing the pan, use a scraping tool to remove all the burnt food stuck to it.
การทำgaan-tamเครปkrêepให้ออกhâi-ɔ̀ɔkมาmaaสวยงามsǔuai-ngaamต้องdtɔ̂ngอาศัยaa-sǎiทักษะták-sàในnaiการเทgaan-teeแป้งbpɛ̂ɛngและlɛ́การใช้gaan-cháiไม้แซะmáai-sɛ́พับpápขอบkɔ̀ɔpให้เรียบร้อยhâi-rîiap-rɔ́ɔi
Making perfect crepes requires skill in pouring the batter and using a scraping stick to fold the edges neatly.
เขาkǎoเหลาไม้lǎo-máaiแซะsɛ́ขนาดเล็กkà-nàat-lékขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maaโดยเฉพาะdooi-chà-pɔ́เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaใช้cháiทำความสะอาดtam-kwaam-sà-àatตามdtaamร่องลึกrɔ̂ng-lʉ́kของkɔ̌ɔngงานngaanไม้แกะสลักmáai-gɛ̀-sà-làk
He whittled a small wooden scraping tool specifically for cleaning out the deep grooves of his wood carvings.
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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แซะsɛ́แซะsɛ́1[to] pry off; [to] scrape loose2[to] snipe at [sb]; [to] throw shade; [to] make snide remarks[to] pry off; [to] scrape loosePart 2
ไม้แซะmáai-sɛ́ไม้แซะmáai-sɛ́scraper; spatulascraper; spatulaWord