ห้า ฮ่า → hâa

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

 

ห้า : adjective – five (quantity)

ผู้หญิงห้าคน//phôo yĭng hâa khon – five women (take note of the use of classifier)

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ห้าวันที่ผ่านมา ไม่มีวันไหนที่ฉันไม่คิดถึงเธอ

hâa wan thêe phàa maa, mâi mee wan năi thêe chăn mâi khíd thĕung ther

For the past five days, there is not a day that I don’t think of you.

 

ฮ่า : interjection – the sound of laughter

ฮ่าๆ

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Due to this similarity in terms of pronunciation, we often find that Thais laugh as 555 over the Internet.

ผึ้ง พึ่ง → phêung

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

ผึ้ง : noun – bee

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น้ำผึ้ง//nám phêung – honey

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น้ำผึ้งหยดเดียว//nám phêung yòd diao – A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.

 

พึ่ง : verb – to rely on

พึ่งพา//phêung phaa – to rely on, to depend on

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เขาเป็นคนพึ่งพาไม่ได้

Khăo pen khon phêung phaa mâi dâi

He is an undependable person.

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Note:

We use เพิ่ง//phêrng when we want to say “(have) just (done something)”. However, we can also accept the use of พึ่ง for that. The two words sound similar, let’s hear it again:

พึ่ง//phêung 

เพิ่ง//phêrng 

(For the second one, remember to open mouth slightly wider than the first one.)

เขาเพิ่งกินข้าวเสร็จ//khăo phêrng kin khaâo sèt

เขาพึ่งกินข้าวเสร็จ// khăo phêung kin khaâo sèt

He has just finished eating.

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ผู้ พู่ ภู่ → phôo

I apologize for the lack of update last Monday as well as yesterday. Here is the entry for this week.

All the words at the header are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

 

ผู้ : noun – a person

ผู้ชาย//phôo chaai – man

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ผู้หญิง//phôo yĭng – woman

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ผู้มีอันจะกิน//phôo mee an jà kin – affluent person

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ผู้ : adjective – male

นกยูงตัวผู้//nók yoong tua phôo – male peacock

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พู่ : noun – pompom, tassel

พู่กัน//phôo kan – (paint)brush

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ภู่ : no meaning on its own

หอยแมลงภู่//hŏi málaeng phôo – mussel

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ถ้า ท่า → thâa

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

ถ้า = if

ถ้าเธอจากฉันไป ฉันก็คงต้องตาย

Thâa ther jàhk chăn pai chăn kôr khong tôrng taai

If you leave me, I’ll probably die.

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Now, be VERY careful for those who think in English and try to translate into Thai. When we say – I don’t know if she will come, here, it is NOT possible to interpret “if” as ถ้า. This is what you should say:

ฉันไม่รู้ว่าเขาจะมาหรือเปล่า

Chăn mâi róo wâh khăo jà mah rĕu plào

I don’t know that he is coming or not.

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ท่า = wharf (for ships/boats), landing (for planes), pose or gesture

ท่าน้ำ//thâa nám = pier, it is usually referred to those by canals or rivers, privately or commercially owned

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ท่าเรือ//thâa reua = pier or wharf, commercially owned, most are by the sea

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ท่าอากาศยาน//thâa ahkàadsàyaan = airport, this is an official term. Typically we simply call สนามบิน//sànăam bin.

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ท่าเต้น//thâa tên = dancing steps

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เฒ่า เถ้า เท่า → thâo

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

 

เฒ่า = an elderly

พ่อเฒ่าแม่เฒ่า//phôr thâo mâe thâo = elderly man and woman

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เถ้า – ash

ขี้เถ้า//khêe thâo – ash

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เถ้าถ่าน//thâo thàan = ash; this is a good example of how we create a rhyme in a compound word, by choosing words with similar initial consonant, in this case, it is ถ. Mostly used as ไหม้เป็นเถ้าถ่าน//mâi pen thâo thàan (to be burnt until became ash).

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เถ้าแก่//thâo kàe = a (not necessary but at times, elderly) business owner; this comes from a Teochew word.

เถ้าแก่น้อย

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เท่า//thâo = time

หกเป็นสามเท่าของสอง//Hòk pen săam thâo khŏrng sŏrng

Six is three times of two.

เท่ากัน//thâo kan = equal (in size), the same (amount)

อายุเท่ากัน//aayú thâo kan = (having) the same age

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สูงเท่ากัน//sŏong thâo kan = (having) the same height

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ความเท่าเทียมกัน//khwaam thâo thiam kan = Equality

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หญ้า ย่า → yâa

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

หญ้า = grass

ต้นหญ้า//tôn yâa (sometimes it’s better to be clear by specifying ต้น//tôn which means ‘a plant’ in front of หญ้า)

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เครื่องตัดหญ้า//khreûang tàd yâa = lawnmower

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ย่า = paternal grandmother

ย่าเป็นแม่ของพ่อ//yâa pen mâe khŏrng phôr

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ซิ่น สิ้น → sîn

All these are pronounced as:

Now, let’s look at the meaning:

 

ซิ่น, ผ้าซิ่น // phâa sîn = a type of tube skirts commonly worn in the northern/north eastern Thailand as well as Laos

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สิ้น = to end

สิ้นหวัง // sîn wăng = to lose hope

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สิ้นปี // sîn pee = end of the year

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สิ้นเดือนเหมือนสิ้นใจ // sîn deuan meŭan sîn jai

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The end of the month is like the end of the life. (Most people get paid earlier in the month, so by the time end of the month approaches, most money is already spent elsewhere.)