Thai word
ชื่อ
chûue
名字/叫做
How to pronounce ชื่อ
Falling tone
Starts high, falls quickly to low
ชื่อ is written chûue and carries the falling tone. Listen first, then copy the pitch — in Thai the pitch belongs to the word the way a vowel does.
Same syllable, five tones
Thai uses pitch to tell words apart. Below is the same syllable on each of the five tones — nothing changes but the pitch. Say your word (highlighted) on one of the other four and a Thai listener hears a different word, or none at all.
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chuue
Mid tone
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chùue
Low tone
- ชื่อ
chûue
Falling tone
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chǔue
Rising tone
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chúue
High tone
What does ชื่อ mean?
Translation
名字/叫做
ชื่อ (chûue) means "名字/叫做" in Thai.
Example sentences
ผมชื่อ... ผมเป็นคนเนเธอร์แลนด์ครับ
phǒm chûue ... phǒm bpen khon nee-thooe-laaen khráp
我叫……我是 nee-thooe-laaen 人。
สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อมาร์ค
sawàtdii khráp phǒm chûue Maark
您好，我叫 Mark。
คุณชื่ออะไรครับ
khun chûue arai khráp
请问您叫什么名字？
Test yourself
One word from the same tone group. Its meaning is not on this page — see whether it stuck.
What does this word mean?
ห้า
hâa
Related words
More words with the falling tone — the same pitch shape, different words.
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