ชมพู chom-puu
pink adjective
- chom mid
- puu mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
ชมพูchom-puu is pink, usually with สีsǐi, colour, in front: สีชมพูsǐi chom-puu. Pink is Tuesday's colour in the Thai colours of the week. Watch the last tone: with a falling tone, ชมพู่chom-pûu is the rose apple, the crunchy, bell-shaped fruit sold at every market.
Don't mix it up
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ชมพู่chom-pûu
rose apple (a fruit)
Falling tone on the last syllable: the fruit.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- chom pu
- chompoo
- chomphu
- som poo
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