Thai Tone Lookup

Enter any Thai word to discover its tone and learn the orthographic rules that determine it.

ดี

di

mid Tone

Meaning: (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'), with skill or in a pleasing manner, with great or especially intimate knowledge, promoting or enhancing well-being, from a position of superiority or authority

Initial
Class
Mid-class
Tone Mark
None
Syllable
live
Tone Rule
Mid + Live (no mark) = Mid

Mid-class consonants in live syllables without a tone mark produce Mid tone. This is the 'neutral' default tone.

What is a live syllable?

Live syllable (ends with a vowel or sonorant consonant like m, n, ng)

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