ไห
hǎiMeaning
1NounB1
earthen jar; large clay pot
A large earthenware or clay jar used to store liquids or food, such as water or fermented products.
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoไหhǎiไหhǎiearthen jar; large clay potดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4earth (electrical)ใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3classifier for leaves, paper items, containers, and certain other objects4license; permit; certificate5bladeใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; seniorไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] set aside; reserve3for later; in reserve4[to] leave (something) as is5marks retention or maintenance of a state6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)น้ำดื่มnáam-dʉ̀ʉmน้ำดื่มnáam-dʉ̀ʉmdrinking water (potable)หลังlǎngหลังlǎng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: bed; bed-like platform6CL: building; house; structureครัวkruuaครัวkruua1kitchen2cuisine3household (archaic/lit.)
Grandma’s house has a big clay jar for storing drinking water behind the kitchen.
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สมัยก่อนsà-mǎi-gɔ̀ɔnเขาkǎoหมักmàkปลาร้าbplaa-ráaในnaiไหhǎiแล้วlɛ́ɛoเก็บไว้กินgèp-wái-ginทั้งปีtáng-bpii
In the past, they fermented pla ra in clay jars and kept it for the whole year.
แม่ค้าmâe-káaมักmákใส่sàiผักดองpàk dongลงในlong naiไหhăiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiรสชาติrót-châatเข้าkâoอย่างช้าๆyàang cháa cháa
Vendors often put pickled vegetables into clay jars so the flavor seeps in slowly.
ไหhǎiดินเผาdin-pǎoที่tîiปิดbpìtฝาfǎaแน่นnɛ̂nช่วยchûuaiรักษาrák-sǎaความเย็นkwaam-yenของkɔ̌ɔngน้ำnáamได้dâaiโดยdooiไม่mâiต้องใช้ไฟฟ้าdtɔ̂ng-chái-fai-fáa
A tightly sealed earthenware jar helps keep water cool without electricity.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ไ hides a final -ย, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
hǎi
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |