ไอรอน
ai-rɔɔnMeaning
1NounB2
iron golf club
A golf club with a metal head and a face set at an angle, used mainly to hit the ball toward the green.
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ลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objectsอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainห่างhàangห่างhàang1far; distant2apart; spaced out3[to] keep a distance; stay apart4remote (relationship); detachedจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmกรีนgriinกรีนgriin1green (color)2Green (proper name)3green (environment-friendly)4golf green (putting surface)ประมาณbprà-maanประมาณbprà-maan1approximately; about2[to] estimate; approximate3estimate (noun)4something like; along the lines of (informal)5moderate; reasonable (literary)ร้อยrɔ́ɔiร้อยrɔ́ɔi1one hundred (100)2[to] string; thread; link together3[to] compose verse; write in poetic formเมตรméetเมตรméetmetre; meter (unit of length)เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจึงjʉngจึงjʉng1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)เลือกใช้lʉ̂ʉak-cháiเลือกใช้lʉ̂ʉak-chái[to] choose to use; opt to employ; adoptไอรอนai-rɔɔnไอรอนai-rɔɔniron golf clubเบอร์เก้าbəə-gâoเบอร์เก้าbəə-gâo1number nine; No. 92No. 9 (football); main striker
The ball was about a hundred meters from the green, so he chose a nine iron.
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ฉันchǎnใช้cháiไอรอนai-rɔɔnตีdtiiลูกlûukขึ้นkʉ̂nกรีนgriinแต่dtɛ̀ɛลูกlûukกลับglàpตกลงdtòk-longในnaiบังเกอร์bang-gə̂ə
I used an iron to try to hit the ball onto the green, but it landed in a bunker instead.
หากhàakลูกlûukจมjomอยู่ในyùu-naiหญ้ารกyâa-rókควรkuuanเลือกlʉ̂ʉakไอรอนai-rɔɔnที่tîiมีmiiองศาong-sǎaหน้าไม้nâa-máaiสูงsǔungเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiตีdtiiลูกลอยlûuk-lɔɔiพ้นpónหญ้าyâaได้dâaiง่ายขึ้นngâai-kʉ̂n
If the ball is buried in thick grass, you should choose an iron with more loft to make it easier to get the ball up out of the grass.
แม้mɛ́ɛไอรอนai-rɔɔnเบอร์bəəห้าhâaจะjàตีdtiiได้dâaiไกลglaiกว่าgwàaเบอร์bəəเจ็ดjètแต่dtɛ̀ɛเขาkǎoก็gɔ̂เลือกlʉ̂ʉakเบอร์bəəเจ็ดjètเพราะprɔ́ต้องการdtɔ̂ng-gaanคุมkumระยะrá-yáให้hâiลูกlûukตกdtòkบนbonกรีนgriinพอดีpɔɔ-dii
Although a five iron hits farther than a seven iron, he chose the seven iron because he wanted to control the distance and land the ball right on the green.
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ไ hides a final -ย, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
ai
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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รอนrɔɔnรอนrɔɔn1[to] cut down; curtail; diminish2waning; fading; weak (literary)[to] cut down; curtail; diminishPart 2
ไอรอนai-rɔɔnไอรอนai-rɔɔniron golf clubiron golf clubWord